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THE TRIPLE KEY 



TO UNLOCK 



THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN 



THE WAY, THE TRUTH, THE LIFE 



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Copyright, 1891, by 

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PASS-WORD 

THAT TURNS THE TRIPLE KEY IN ITS 

COMBINATION LOCK, 

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FAITH 

IN HIS NAME, 




THE WORDS OF THIS LITTLE BOOK ARE 

Jinstxiizts, 



Pray for my soul. More things are wrought 

by prayer 
Than the world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy 

voice 
Rise like a fountain for me night and day. 
For what are men better than sheep or goats, 
That nourish a blind LIFE within the brain, 
If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer 
Both for themselves and those who call them 

friend ? 
For so the whole round earth in every WAY 
Bound by gold chains about the feet of God. 

— Tennyson, 



PROLUSION. 



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WAY. 

By NOAH WEBSTER, LL.D. 

ONE. A moving ; passage ; progression ; transit ; 
journey. 
I prythee, now, lead the WAY. — Shak. 

2. That by which one passes or progresses ; opportu- 
nity or room to pass ; place of passing ; passage ; road 
or path of any kind. 

To find the WAY to heaven. — Shak. 
Perhaps the WAY seems difficult. — Milton. 
The season and WAYS were very improper for his 
majesty's forces to march so great a distance. — Evelyn. 

3. Length of space ; distance ; interval ; as, a great 
WAY ; a long WAY. 

4. Course, or direction of motion or progress ; tend- 
ency of action ; advance. 

If that WAY be your walk, you have not far. — Mil- 
ton. 



6 PROLUSION. 

And let eternal justice take the WAY.— Dryden. 

5. Means by which any thing is reached, or any thing 
is accomplished ; scheme ; device. 

My best WAY is to creep under. — Shak. 

By noble WAYS we conquests will prepare. — Dry- 

DEN. 

What impious WAYS my wishes took ! — PRIOR. 

6. Manner ; method ; mode ; fashion ; as, the WAY 
of expressing one's ideas. 

7. Regular course ; habitual method of life or action ; 
plan of conduct ; mode of dealing. 

Having lost the WAY of nobleness.— Sidney. 

All flesh had corrupted his WAY upon the earth. — 
Gen. 6. 12. 

Her WAYS are WAYS of pleasantness, and all her 
paths are peace. — Pro v. 3. 17. 

8. Determined course ; resolved mode of action or 
conduct ; as, to have one's WAY. 

9. Progress ; as, a ship has WAY ; the timbers on 
which a ship is launched. 

10. By the WAY ; by the WAY of ; covert WAY ; 
half-WAY; milky WAY. "We are quite out of the 
WAY."— Locke. Right of WAY (law). HighWAY. 



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AA^AY. 

O, I come (in the volume of the Book it is 
written of me) to do thy will, O God. 

— Heb. lo. 7. 




This is his NAME whereby he shall be 
called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUS- 

NESS. —Prophet Jer. 23. 6. 

Thou Shalt call his NAME JESUS: for he 
shall save his people from their sins. . . . 
EMMANUEL, God with us. -Matt. i. 21, 23. 

Neither is there salvation in any other : for 
there is none other NAME under heaven 
given among men, whereby we must be saved. 

—Acts 4. 12. 

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted 
him, and given him a NAME which is above 
every NAME : that af the NAME of JESUS 
every knee should bow, of things in heaven, 
and things in earth, and things under the 
earth ; and that every tongue should confess 



8 WAY. 

that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God 
the Father. -Phii. 2. 9-11. 

Far above all principality, and power, and 
might, and dominion, and every NAME that is 
named, not only in this world, but also in that 
which is to come : and hath put all things un- 
der his feet, and gave him to be the head over 
all things to the church, which is his body, 
the fullness of him that filleth all in all. 

— Eph. I. 21-23. 

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard 
the word of TRUTH, the gospel of your sal- 
vation : in whom also, after that ye believed, 
ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of prom- 
ise, which is the earnest of our inheritance 
until the redemption of the purchased posses- 
sion, unto the praise of his glory. 

—Eph. I. 13, 14. 

And in his NAME shall the Gentiles trust. 

—Matt. 12. 21. 

But to US there is but one God, the Father, 
of whom are all things, and we in him ; and 
one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, 
and we by him. -i cor. 8. e. 



WAY. 



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One God and Father of all, who is above all, 
and through all, and in you all. — Eph. 4. e. 
Jesus saith, I am the WAY, the TRUTH, 



and the LIFE. 



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—John 14. 6. 

And have ye 
not read this 
Scripture ; The 
stone which the 
builders reject- 
ed is become 
the head of the 
corner ? 

— Mark 12. 10. 



And [Jesus] 
began to say 
10. 2 L unto them [dis- 

ciples], This day 
is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears. 

—Luke 4. 21. 

And they believed the Scripture, 
and the word which Jesus had said. 

—John 2. 22. 

I will give unto thee the keys of 
the kingdom of heaven.— Matt. 16. 19. 




lO WA F. 




This lamp through all the tedious night 
Of LIFE shall guide my WAY; 

Till we behold the clearer light 

Of an eternal day. —John Fawcett. 

Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, 

Lead thou me on ! 
The night is dark, and I am far from home ; 

Lead thou me on ! 
Keep thou my feet ; I do not ask to see 
The distant scene ; one step enough for me. 

—John H. Newman. 

And follow, safely trusting him who guides ; 

Who never path of wrong or folly trod — 
In whose tried LIFE no least dishonor hides, 

To him is given to know the WAYS of God. 

— M. L. Dickinson. 



WAY, II 

He placed at the east of the garden of Eden 
cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned 
every WAY, to keep the WAY of the tree of 

LIFE. -Gen. 3. 24. 

And the angel of the Lord found her by a 
fountain of water in the wilderness, by the 
fountain in the WAY to Shur. -Gen. 16. 7. 

And Abraham went with them to bring 
them on the WAY. —Gen. 18. 16. 

For I know him, that he will command his 
children and his household after him, and they 
shall keep the WAY of the Lord, to do justice 
and judgment. —Gen. 18. 19. 

I being in the WAY, the Lord led me. 

—Gen. 24. 27. 

And he said unto me. The Lord, before 
whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, 
and prosper thy WAY ; and thou shalt take a 
wife for my son of my kindred, and of my 
father's house. -Gen. 24. 40. 



12 WAY. 

And said, O Lord God of my master Abra- 
ham, if now thou do prosper my WAY which 

I go. —Gen. 24. 42. 

Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath pros- 
pered my WAY. —Gen. 24. 56. 

And the servant took Rebekah, and went 

his WAY. -Gen. 24. 61. 

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying. If God will 
be with me, and will keep me in this WAY that 
I go, and will give me bread to eat and raiment 
to put on, so that I come again to my father's 
house in 'peace ; then shall the Lord be my 

God. — Gen. 28. 20, 21. 

And Jacob went on his WAY, and the 
angels of God met him. And when Jacob 
saw them, he said. This is God's host. 

—Gen. 32. I, 2. 

And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el ; and 
I will make there an altar unto God, who an- 
swered me in the day of my distress, and was 
with me in the WAY which I went.— Gen. 35. 3. 

Joseph commanded to . . . give them pro- 
vision for the WAY. -Gen. 42. 25. 



WA Y, 13 

Be thou for the people to Godward, that 
thou mayest bring the causes unto God : and 
thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, 
and shalt show them the WAY wherein they 
must walk, and the work that they must do. 

— Exod. 18. 19, 20. 

And Moses let his father-in-law depart ; and 
he went his WAY into his own land. 

—Exod. 18. 27. 

Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep 
thee in .the WAY, and to bring thee into the 
place which I have prepared. -Exod. 23. 20. 

I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy 
sight, show me now thy WAY, that I may 
know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight : 
and consider that this nation is thy people. 

—Exod. 33. 13. 

We will go by the king's high WAY, we 
will not turn to the right hand nor to the left. 

— Num. 20. 17. 

Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, 
and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in 
the WAY. -Num. 22. 31. 

Thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy 



14 IVA V. 

children, and shalt talk of them when thou sit- 
test in thine house, and when thou walkest by 
the WAY, and when thou liest down, and 
when thou risest up. — Deut. 6. 7. 

Thou shalt remember all the WAY which 
the Lord thy God led thee. —Deut. 8. 2. 

To love the Lord your God, to walk in all his 
WAYS, and to cleave unto him. —Deut. n. 22. 

Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be 
thy God, and to walk in his WAYS, and to 
keep his statutes, and his commandments. 

— Deut. 26. 17. 

The Lord shall establish thee a holy people 
unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if 
thou shalt keep the commandments of the 
Lord thy God, and walk in his WAYS. And 
all people of the earth shall see that thou art 
called by the name of the Lord ; and they 
shall be afraid of thee. —Deut. 28. 9, 10. 

This book of the law shall not depart out of 
thy mouth ; but thou shalt meditate therein 
day and night, that thou mayest observe to do 
according to all that is written therein: for 



WAY. i^ 

then thou shalt make thy WAY prosperous, 
and then thou shalt have good success. 

—Josh. I. 8. 

Come not near unto it, that ye may know 
the WAY by which ye must go : for ye have 
not passed this WAY heretofore, —josh. 3. 4. 

For the Lord our God, he it is that brought 
us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, 
from the house of bondage, and which did 
those great signs in our sight, and preserved 
us in all the WAY wherein we went, and 
among all the people through whom we passed. 

—Josh. 24. 17. 

Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we 
may know whether our WAY which we go 
shall be prosperous. And the priest said unto 
them. Go in peace : before the Lord is your 
WAY wherein ye go. -judg. 18. 5, 6. 

Wherefore she went forth out of the place 
where she was, and her two daughters-in-law 
with her ; and they went on the WAY to re- 
turn unto the land of Judah. And Naomi 
said, . . . Go, return each to her mother's 



l6 WA V. 

house: the Lord deal kindly with you. . . . 
The Lord grant you that ye may find rest. 

—Ruth I. 7, 8, 9. 

And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace 
in thy sight. So the woman [Hannah] went 
her WAY, and did eat, and her countenance 
was no more sad. — i sam. i. 18. 

And see, if it [the ark] goeth up by the WAY 
of his own coast. . . . And the kine took the 
straight WAY to the WAY of Beth-she-mesh, 
and went along the high WAY, lowing as they 
went, and turned not aside to the right hand 
or to the left. — i sam. 6. 9, 12. 

And he said unto him. Behold now, there is 
in this city a man of God, and he is an honor- 
able man ; all that he saith cometh surely to 
pass : now let us go thither ; peradventure he 
can show us our WAY that we should go. 

—I Sam. 9. 6. 

Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should 
sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you : 
but I will teach you the good and the right 

WAY. —I Sam. 12. 23. 



JVAV. 17 

And David behaved himself wisely in all his 
WAYS ; and the Lord was with him. 

—I Sam. 18. 14. 

Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, 
my son David : thou shalt both do great 
things, and also shalt still prevail. So David 
went on his WAY. — i sam. 26. 25. 

I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice 
of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of 
bread before thee ; and eat, that thou mayest 
have strength, when thou goest on thy WAY. 

—I Sam. 28. 22. 

Thy servant will go a little WAY over Jor- 
dan with the king : and why should the king 
recompense it me with such a reward ? 

— 2 Sam. 19. 36. 

I have kept the WAYS of the Lord, and 
have not wickedly departed from my God. 

—2 Sam. 22. 22. 

As for God, his WAY is perfect ; the word 
of the Lord is tried : he is a buckler to all 
them that trust in him. —2 sam. 22. 31. 

God is my strength and power ; and he mak- 

eth my WAY perfect. —2 sam. 22. 33- 

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i8 WAY. 

Hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of 
thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that 
thou teach them the good WAY wherein they 

should walk. — i Kings 8. 36. 

Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and 
forgive, and do, and give to every man accord- 
ing to his WAYS, whose heart thou knowest ; 
(for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts 
of all the children of men.) -i Kings 8. 39. 

That he may incline our hearts unto him, to 
walk in all his WAYS, and to keep his com- 
mandments, and his statutes, and his judg- 
ments, which he commanded our fathers. 

—I Kings 8. 58. 

And the Lord said unto him. Go, return on 
thy WAY to the wilderness of Damascus : and 
when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king 
over Syria. — i Kings 19. 15. 

He walked in all the WAYS of Asa his 
father ; he turned not aside from it, doing that 
which was right in the eyes of the Lord. 

—I Kings 22. 43. 

And he [Josiah] did that which was right in 



WA v. 19 

the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the 
WAY of David his father, and turned not aside 
to the right hand or to the left. —2 Kings 22. 2. 

When thou hast taught them the good 
WAY, wherein they should walk. 

—2 Chron. 6. 27. 

So Jotham became mighty, because he pre- 
pared his WAYS before the Lord his God. 

—2 Chron. 27. 6. 

To seek of him a right WAY for us, and for 
our little ones, and for all our substance. 

— Ezra 8. 21. 

Then he said, Go your WAY, . . . and send 
portions unto them for whom nothing is pre- 
pared : for this day is holy unto our Lord : 
neither be ye sorry ; for the joy of the Lord is 
your strength. . . . And all the people went 
their WAY to eat, and to drink, and to send 

portions. — Neh. 8. 10-12. 

The pillar of the cloud departed not from 
them by day, to lead them in the WAY ; nei- 
ther the pillar of fire by night, to show them 
light, and the WAY wherein they should go. 

—Neh. 9. 19. 



20 WA V. 

Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this 
answer, Go, gather together all the Jews that 
are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, 
and neither eat nor drink three days, night or 
day : I also and my maidens will fast likewise ; 
and so will I go in unto the king, which is not 
according to the law : and if I perish, I perish. 
So Mordecai went his WAY, and did accord- 
ing to all that Esther had commanded him. 

— Esth. 4. 15-17. 

Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy 
hope, and the uprightness of thy WAYS ? 

—Job 4. 6. 

He knoweth the WAY that I take : when 
he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. 

—Job 23. 10. 

My foot hath held his steps, his WAY have 
I kept, and not declined. —job 23. u. 

But Job answered and said, . . . Lo, these 
are parts of his WAYS ; but how little a por- 
tion is heard of him ? but the thunder of his 
power who can understand. —job 26. i, 14. 



H^AK 21 

I chose out their WAY, and sat chief, and 
dwelt as a king in the army, as one that com- 
forteth the mourners. —job 29. 25. 

Doth he not see my WAYS, and count all 
my steps ? —job 31. 4. 

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the 
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the 
WAY of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the 
scornful. — Psa. i. i. 

Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish 
from the WAY, when his wrath is kindled but 
a little. —Psa. 2. 12. 

Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness ; . . . 
make thy WAY straight before my face. 

—Psa. 5. 8. 

It is God that girdeth me with strength, and 
maketh my WAY perfect. -Psa. 18. 32. 

Show me thy WAYS, O Lord ; teach me 
thy paths. — Psa. 25. 4. 

Good and upright is the Lord : therefore 
will he teach sinners in the WAY. — Psa. 25. 8. 



22 WA K 

The meek will he guide in judgment : and 
the meek will he teach his WAY. -Psa. 25. 9. 

Teach me thy WAY, O Lord, and lead me 
in a plain path, because of mine enemies. 

— Psa. 27, II. 

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the 
WAY which thou shalt go : I will guide thee 
with mine eye. — Psa. 32. 8. 

Wait on the Lord, and keep his WAY, and 
he shall exalt thee to inherit the land. 

—Psa. 37. 34, 

I said, I will take heed to my WAYS, that 
I sin not with my tongue. — Psa. 39. i. 

That thy WAY may be known upon earth, 
thy saving health among all nations. 

—Psa. 67. 2. 

Thy WAY, O God, is in the sanctuary : who 
is so great a God as our God ? —Psa. 77. 13. 

Thy WAY is in the sea, and thy path in 
the great waters, and thy footsteps are not 
known. — Psa. 77. 19. 



WA V, 23 

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee ; 
in whose heart are the WAYS of them. 

— Psa. 84. 5. 

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect 
WAY. O when wilt thou come unto me ? I 
will walk within my house with a perfect heart. 

— Psa. loi. 2. 

He made known his WAYS unto Moses, 
his acts unto the children of Israel.— Psa. 103. 7. 

And he led them forth by the right WAY, 
that they might go to a city of habitation. 

—Psa. 107. 7. 

Blessed are the undefiled in the WAY, who 
walk in the law of the Lord. — Psa. 119. i. 

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his 
WAY? by taking heed thereto according to 
thy word. — Psa. 119. 9. 

I have rejoiced in the WAY of thy testimo- 
nies, as much as in all riches. — Psa. 119. 14. 

I will meditate in thy precepts, and have 
respect unto thy WAYS. — Psa. 119. 15. 

Make me to understand the WAY of thy 
precepts : so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. 

—Psa. 119. 27. 



24 WA V. 

I will run the WAY of thy commandments, 
when thou shalt enlarge my heart.— Psa. ng. 32. 

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity ; 
and quicken thou me in thy WAY. 

—Psa. 119. 37. 

I thought on my WAYS, and turned my 
feet unto thy testimonies. — Psa. ng. 59. 

I have refrained my feet from every evil 
WAY, that I might keep thy word. 

— Psa. ng. loi. 

Through thy precepts I get understanding : 
therefore I hate every false WAY. 

— Psa. iig. 104. 

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a 
light unto my PATH. — Psa. ug. 105. 

I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things 
to be right ; and I hate every false WAY. 

—Psa. ug. 128. 

Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord ; 
that walketh in his WAYS. — Psa. 128. i. 

Yea, they shall sing in the WAYS of the 
Lord : for great is the glory of the Lord. 

—Psa. X38. 5. 



WAY, 



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Thou compassest my path and my lying 
down, and art acquainted with all my WAYS. 

— Psa. 139. 3. 

Lead me in the WAY everlasting. 

—Psa. 139. 24. 

Cause me to know the WAY wherein I 
should walk ; foi: I lift up my soul unto theeo 

— Psa. 143. 8. 

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and pre- 
serveth the WAY of his saints. — Prov. 2. 8. 

To deliver thee from the WAY of the evil 
man, from the man that speaketh froward 
things. —Prov. 2. 12. 

That thou mayest walk in the WAY of good 
men, and keep the paths of the righteous. 

— Prov. 2. 20. 

In all thy WAYS acknowledge him, and he 
shall direct thy paths. — Prov. 3. 6. 

Her WAYS are WAYS of pleasantness, and 
all her paths are peace. -Prov. 3. 17. 

For the WAYS of man are before the eyes 
of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings. 

—Prov. 5. 21. 



26 WA Y. 

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil : pride, 
and arrogancy, and the evil WAY. — Prov. 8. 13. 

I lead in the WAY of righteousness, in the 
midst of the paths of judgment. —Prov. 8. 20. 

The Lord possessed me in the beginning of 
his WAY, before his works of old.— Prov. 8. 22. 

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand 

his WAY. —Prov. 14. 8. 

The WAY of the righteous is made plain. 

— Prov. 15. ig. 

When a man's WAYS please the Lord, he 
maketh even his enemies to be at peace with 
him. —Prov. 16. 7. 

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be 
found in the WAY of righteousness. 

— Prov. 16. 31. 

Every WAY of a man is right in his own 
eyes : but the Lord pondereth the hearts. 

—Prov. 21. 2. 

As for the upright, he directeth his WAY. 

— Prov. 21. 29. 

Train up a child in the WAY he should go : 
and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 

— Prov. 22. 6. 



WA V. 27 

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine 
eyes observe my WAYS. — Prov. 23. 26. 

She looketh well to the WAYS of her house- 
hold, and eateth not the bread of idleness. 

— Prov. 31. 27. 

Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain 
of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob ; 
and he will teach us of his WAYS, and we 
will walk in his paths : for out of Zion shall go 
forth the law, and the word of the Lord from 
Jerusalem. -isa. 2. 3. 

The WAY of the just is uprightness : thou, 
most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. 

— Isa. 26. 7. 

In the WAY of thy judgments, O, Lord, 
have we waited for thee ; the desire of our 
soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance 
of thee. —Isa. 26. 8. 

And a high WAY shall be there, and a WAY, 
and it shall be called The WAY of holiness ; 
the unclean shall not pass over it ; but it shall 
be for those : the wayfaring men, though fools, 
shall not err therein. —isa. 35. 8. 



28 WA K 

He pursued them, and passed safely ; even 
by the WAY that he had not gone with hi? 
feet. — isa. 41. 3. 

I will bring the blind by a WAY that they 
knew not ; I will lead them in paths that they 
have not known : I will make darkness light 
before them, and crooked things straight. 
These things will I do unto them, and not for- 
sake them. —Isa. 42. 16. 

Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a WAY 
in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters. . . . 
I will even make a WAY in the wilderness, 
and rivers in the desert. —isa. 43. 16, 19. 

I have raised him up in righteousness, and 
I will direct all his WAYS : he shall build my 
city, and he shall let go my captives, not for 
prize nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts. 

—Isa. 45. 13. 

Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the 
Holy One of Israel ; I am the Lord thy God 
which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth 
thee by the WAY that thou shouldest go. 

—Isa. 48. 17. 



WA V. 29 

That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go 
forth ; to them that are in darkness, Show 
yourselves. They shall feed in the WAYS, 
and their pastures shall be in all high places. 

— Isa. 49. 9. 

They shall not hunger nor thirst ; neither 
shall the heat nor sun smite them : for he that 
hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by 
the springs of water shall he guide them. And 
I will make all my mountains a WAY, and my 
high WAYS shall be exalted. — isa. 49. 10, n. 

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, 
neither are your WAYS my WAYS, saith the 

Lord. -Isa. 55. 8. 

For as the heavens are higher than the 
earth, so are my WAYS higher than your 
WAYS, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 

—Isa. 55. g. 

Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy 
WAY; yet saidst thou not. There is no hope: 
thou hast found the LIFE of thine hand ; 
therefore thou wast not grieved, -isa. 57. 10. 



30 WA F. 

And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, pre- 
pare the WAY, take up the stumbling-block 
out of the WAY of my people. — isa. 57. 14. 

They seek me daily, and delight to know my 
WAYS, as a nation that did righteousness. 

—Isa. 58. 2. 

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and work- 
eth righteousness, those that remember thee 
in thy WAYS. -isa. 64. 5. 

I will get me unto the great men, and will 
speak unto them ; for they have known the 
WAY of the Lord, and the judgment of their 
God. — Jer. 5. 5. 

Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the WAYS, 
and see, and ask for the old paths, where is 
the good WAY, and walk therein, and ye shall 
find rest for your souls. —Jer. 6. 16. 

I have set thee for a tower and a fortress 
among my people, that thou mayest know and 
try their WAY. -jer. 6. 27. 

O Lord, I know that the WAY of man is 
not in himself: it is not in man that walketh 
to direct his steps. —jer. 10. 23. 



JVAK 31 

I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins^ 
even to give every man according to his 
WAYS, and according to the fruit of his 
doings. — Jer. 17. 10. 

I will cause them to walk by the rivers of wa- 
ters in a straight WAY, wherein they shall not 
stumble : for I am a father to Israel.— Jer. 31. 9. 

Great in counsel, and mighty in work : for 
thine eyes are open upon all the WAYS of 
the sons of men, to give every one according 
to his WAYS, and according to the fruit of 
his doings. —Jer. 32. 19. 

I will give them one heart, and one WAY, 
that they may fear me forever, for the good 
of them, . . . and I will make an everlasting 
covenant with them. —Jer. 32. 39, 40. 

That the Lord thy God may show us the 
WAY wherein we may walk, and the thing 
that we may do. —Jer. 42, 3. 

They shall ask the WAY to Zion Avith their 
faces thitherward, saying. Come, and let us 



32 WA Y. 

join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual cov- 
enant that shall not be forgotten. — Jer. 50. 5. 

And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel 
came from the WAY of the east : and his 
voice was like a noise of many waters : and 
the earth shined with his glory. — Ezek. 43. 2. 

Then he brought me back the WAY of 
the gate of the outward sanctuary which look- 
eth toward the east ; and it was shut ; . . . 
because the Lord the God of Israel hath en- 
tered in by it. . . . The prince, ... he shall 
enter by the WAY, . . . and shall go out by 
the WAY of the same. Then brought he me 
the WAY of the north gate. —Ezek. 44. 1-4. 

When the prince shall enter, he shall go in 
by the WAY of the porch of that gate, and he 
shall go forth by the WAY thereof.— Ezek. 46. 8. 

When the people of the land shall come 
before the Lord in the solemn feasts, he that 
entereth in by the WAY of the north gate to 
worship shall go out by the WAY of the south 
gate ; and he that entereth by the WAY of 



WAY. ^:^ 

the south gate shall go forth by the WAY of 
the north gate : he shall not return by the 
WAY of the gate whereby he came in, but 
shall go forth over against it. — Ezek. 46. 9. 

Then brought he me out of the WAY of 
the gate northward, and led me about the 
WAY without unto the outer gate by the 
WAY that looketh eastward ; and, behold, 
there ran out waters on the right side. 

—Ezek. 47. 2. 

It was round about eighteen thousand meas- 
ures : and the name of the city from that day 
shall be, The Lord is there. —Ezek. 48. 35. 

The God in whose hand thy breath is, and 
whose are all thy WAYS. —Dan. 5. 23. 

He said. Go thy WAY, Daniel, . . . till the 
end be : for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy 
lot at the end of the days. —Dan. 12. 9, 13. 

They shall run like mighty men ; they shall 
climb the wall like men of war ; and they shall 
march every one on his WAYS, and they shall 
not break their ranks. — Joei 2. 7. 

3 



34 WA Y, 

And many nations shall come, and say, 
Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the 
Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob ; 
and he will teach us of his WAYS, and we 
will walk in his paths : for the law shall go 
forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from 
Jerusalem. — mic. 4. 2. 

The Lord hath his WAY in the whirlwind 
and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust 
of his feet. — Nah. i. 3. 

Keep the munition, watch the WAY, make 
thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. 

—Nah. 2. I. 

He stood, and measured the earth : he be- 
held, and drove asunder the nations ; and the 
everlasting mountains were scattered, the per- 
petual hills did bow : his WAYS are everlast- 
ing. -Hab. 3. 6. 

Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
Consider your WAYS. -Hag. i. 5. 



WAY. 



35 



The pillar of 
ed not from them 
them in the 
the pillar of fire 
them light, and 
in they should go. 




the cloud depart- 
by day, to lead 
WAY ; neither 
by night, to show 
the WAY where- 

— Neh. 9. 19. 



And a high WAY shall be there, and a 
WAY, and it shall be called The WAY of 
holiness ; the unclean shall not pass over it ; 
but it shall be for those : the wayfaring men, 
though fools, shall not err therein. — isa. 35. 8. 



The voice of him that crieth in the wilder- 
ness, Prepare ye the WAY of the Lord, make 
straight in the desert a high WAY for our God. 

— Isa. 40. 3. 

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he 
shall prepare the WAY before me : and the 
Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to 
his temple, even the messenger of the cov- 
enant, whom ye delight in : behold, he shall 
come, saith the Lord of hosts. —Mai. 3. i. 



36 WA Y. 

In those days came John the Baptist, preach- 
ing in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, 
Repent ye : for the kingdom of heaven is at 
hand. For this is he that was spoken of by 
the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one 
crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the WAY 
of the Lord, make his paths straight. 

—Matt. 3. 1-3. 

Jesus himself drew near, and went with 
them. —Luke 24. 15. 

And they said one to another, Did not our 
heart burn within us, while he talked with us 
by the WAY, and while he opened to us the 
Scriptures ? —Luke 24. 32. 

And they told what things were done in the 

WAY. -Luke 24. 35. 

And he said unto them. These are the words 
which I spake unto you, . . . that all things 
must be fulfilled, which were written in the 
law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the 
psalms, concerning me. —Luke 24. 44. 



WAY. 37 



Keto ^tntnxatnu 



And being warned of God in a dream that 
they should not return to Herod, they departed 
into their own country another WAY. 

—Matt. 2. 12. 

Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go 
thy WAY ; first be reconciled to thy brother, 
and then come and offer thy gift. —Matt. 5. 24. 

Agree with thine adversary quickly, while 
thou art in the WAY. —Matt. 5. 25. 

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the 
WAY, which leadeth unto LIFE.-Matt. 7. m- 

Go thy WAY, show thyself to the priest. 

—Matt. 8. 4. 

And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy 
WAY; and as thou hast believed, so be it 
done unto thee. —Matt. 8. 13. 

Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, 
and said, I have compassion on the multitude, 
because they continue with me now three days, 
and have nothing to eat : and I will not send 



38 WA Y. 

them away fasting, lest they faint in the 

WAY. -Matt. 15. 32. 

Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatso- 
ever is right I will give you. And they went 
their WAY. -Matt. 20. 4. 

Take that thine is, and go thy WAY. 

— Matt. 20. 14. 

And a very great multitude spread their 
garments in the WAY ; others cut down 
branches from the trees, and strewed them in 
the WAY. -Matt. 21. 8. 

Saying, Master, we know that thou art true, 
and teachest the WAY of God in TRUTH. 

— Matt. 22. 16. 

For this saying go thy WAY ; the devil is 
gone out of thy daughter. —Mark 7. 39. 

By the WAY he asked his disciples, saying 
unto them, whom do men say that I am ? . . . 
And Peter answereth and saith unto him. Thou 
art the Christ. Mark 8. 27, 29. 

Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and 
said unto him, one thing thou lackest : go thy 



WA Y, 39 

WAY, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give 
to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in 
heaven : and come, take up the cross, and fol- 
low me. —Mark lo. 21. 

And they were in the WAY going up to 
Jerusalem ; and Jesus went before them. 

— Mark 10. 32. 

And Jesus said unto him, Go thy WAY ; thy 
faith hath made thee whole. And immedi- 
ately he received his sight, and followed Jesus 
in the WAY. —Mark lo. 52. 

And saith unto them. Go your WAY into 
the village over against you : and as soon as 
ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, 
whereon never man sat ; loose him, and bring 
him. . . . And they went their WAY, and 
found the colt tied by the door without in a 
place where two WAYS met. . . . And many 
spread their garments in the WAY. 

— Mark ii. 2-8. 

And when they were come, they say unto 
him. Master, we know that thou art true, and 
carest for no man ; for thou regardest not the 



40 WA Y, 

person of men, but teachest the WAY of God 
in TRUTH. -Mark 12. 14. 

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Mag- 
dalene, and Mary the mother of James, and 
Salome, had brought sweet spices, that they 
might come and anoint him. . . . He saith 
unto them, . . . Go your WAY, tell his disciples 
and Peter that he goeth before you into Gali- 
lee : there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. 

—Mark i6. 1-7. 

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet 
of the Highest : for thou shalt go before the 
face of the Lord to prepare his WAYS. 

— Luke I. 76. 

To guide our feet into the WAY of peace. 

— Luke I. 79. 

Jesus answering said unto them, Go your 
WAY, and tell John what things ye have seen 
and heard ; how that the blind see, the lame 
walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, 
the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is 
preached. —Luke 7. 22. 

Jesus sent him away, saying, Return to thine 
own house, and show how great things God 



WA V, 41 

hath done unto thee. And he went his WAY, 
and published throughout the whole city how 
great things Jesus had done unto him. 

—Luke 8. 38, 39. 

It came to pass, that, as they went in the^ 
WAY, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I 
will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 

—Luke 9. 57. 

Or else, while the other is yet a great WAY 
off, he sendeth an embassage, and desireth 
conditions of peace. —Luke 14. 32. 

Jesus answering said. Were there not ten 
cleansed ? but where are the nine ? There are 
not found that returned to give glory to God, 
save this stranger. And he said unto him. 
Arise, go thy WAY : thy faith hath made thee 

whole. —Luke 17. 17-19. 

It came to pass, that as he was come nigh 
unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the 
WAY-side begging : and hearing the multi- 
tude pass by, he asked what it meant. And 
they told him that Jesus of Nazareth passeth 

by. —Luke 18. 35-37. 



42 ITA V. 

And they that were sent went their WAY, 
and found even as he had said unto them. . . . 
And as he went, they spread their clothes in 
the WAY. . . . Saying, Blessed be the king 
that Cometh in the name of the Lord : peace 
in heaven, and glory in the highest. 

— Luke 19. 32-38. 

Master, we know that thou sayest and teach- 
est rightly, neither acceptest thou the person 
of any, but teachest the WAY of God truly. 

—Luke ao. 21. 

The woman then left her water-pot, and went 
her WAY into the city, and saith to the men, 
Come, see a man, which told me all things that 
ever I did : is not this the Christ ?-john 4. 28. 29. 

Jesus saith unto him. Go thy WAY ; thy 
son liveth. And the man believed the word 
that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went 
his WAY. —John 4. 50. 

Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my 

WAY. -John 8. 21. 

And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which 
was blind from his birth. . . . And said unto 



WA V. 43 

him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloatn. . . . He 
went his WAY therefore, and washed, and 
came seeing. —John 9. 1-7. 

But now I go my WAY to him that sent me. 

—John 16. 5. 

Thou hast made known to me the WAYS 
of life ; thou shalt make me full of joy with 
thy countenance. —Acts 2. 28. 

The angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, 
saying, Arise, and go toward the south, unto 
the WAY that goeth down from Jerusalem 

unto Gaza. —Acts 8. 26. 

Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at 
the same Scripture, and preached unto him 
Jesus. . . . As they went on their WAY. . . . 
And when they were come up out of the water, 
the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that 
the eunuch saw him no more : and he went on 
his WAY rejoicing. —Acts 8. 35-39. 

But the Lord said unto him, Go thy WAY : 
for he is a chosen vessel unto me. . . . And 
Ananias went his WAY, and entered into the 
house ; and putting his hands on him said. 



44 ^A V. 

Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that ap- 
peared unto thee in the WAY. . . . But 
Barnabas took him, and brought him to the 
apostles, and declared unto them how he had 
seen the Lord in the WAY, and that he had 
spoken to him. -Acts 9. 15-27. 

And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at 
Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in 
the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. This man 
was instructed in the WAY of the Lord. 
. . . And he began to speak boldly in the 
synagogue : whom when Aquila and Priscilla 
had heard, they took him unto them, and ex- 
pounded unto him the WAY of God more 
perfectly. —Acts 18. 24-26. 

Who said to Paul through the Spirit, that 
he should not go up to Jerusalem. And when 
we had accomplished those days, we departed 
and went our WAY ; and they all brought us 
on our WAY, with wives and children, till we 
were out of the city : and we kneeled down on 
the shore, and prayed. —Acts 21. 4, 5. 



IVA V. 45 

What advantage then hath the Jew ? . . . 
Much every WAY : chiefly, because that unto 
them were committed the oracles of God. 

—Rom. 3. I, 2. 

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom 
and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are 
his judgments, and his WAYS past finding out. 

—Rom. IX. 33. 

For this cause have I sent unto you Timo- 
theus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in 
the Lord, who shall bring you into remem- 
brance of my WAYS which be in Christ, as I 
teach every-where in every church.— icor. 4. 17. 

There hath no temptation taken you but such 
as is common to man : but God is faithful, who 
will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye 
are able ; but will with the temptation also make 
a WAY to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 

—I Cor. ::o. 13. 

For I will not see you now by the WAY ; 
but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the 
Lord permit. -i cor. i6. 7. 

To, pass by you into Macedonia, and to 
come again out of Macedonia unto you, and 



46 WA Y. 

of you to be brought on my WAY toward 
Judea. —2 Cor. i. 16. 

Now God himself and our Father, and our 
Lord Jesus Christ, direct our WAY. 

I Thess. 3. II. 

The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the 
WAY into the holiest of all was not yet made 
manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet 
standing. — Heb. 9. 8. 

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter 
into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new 
and living WAY, which he hath consecrated for 
us, through the vail, that is to say, his flesh ; and 
having a high-priest over the house of God. 

—Heb. 10. 19-21. 

And make straight paths for your feet, lest 
that which is lame be turned out of the WAY ; 
but let it rather be healed. -Heb. 12. 13. 

They sing the song of Moses the servant of 
God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great 
and marvelous are thy works. Lord God Al- 
mighty; just and true are thy WAYS, thou 
King of saints. -Rev. 15. 3. 



PROLUSION 



iDEiniisriTioiNr ow 



TRUTH, sfs^^ 



By NOAH WEBSTER, LL.D. 



ONE. The quality of being true. Conformity to fact 
or reality. Exact accordance with that which is, 
or has been, or shall be. Conformity to rule ; ex- 
actness ; close correspondence with an example, model, 
object of imitation, or the like. Fidelity ; constancy. 

Plows, to go true, depend much on the TRUTH of 
the iron-work. — Mortimer. 

Alas ! they had been friends in youth. 

But whispering tongues can poison TRUTH. 

— Coleridge. 

The practice of speaking TRUTH ; habitual dispo- 
sition to speak TRUTH ; freedom from falsehood ; 
veracity ; as, he is a man of TRUTH. Honesty ; 

virtue. 

It must appear 

That malice bears down TRUTH.— Shak. 



48 PROLUSION, 

2. That which is true or certain concerning any mat- 
ter or subject, or generally on all subjects ; real state of 
things ; verity ; reality. 

I long to know the TRUTH hereof at large.— Shak. 

The TRUTH depends on, or is only arrived at by, a 
legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly 
material. — Coleridge. 

3. A true thing ; a verified fact ; a true statement or 
proposition ; an established principle, fixed law, or the 
like ; as, the great TRUTHS of morals. 

My mouth shall speak TRUTH.— Prov. 8. 7. 

Sanctify them through thy TRUTH ; thy word is 
TRUTH.— John 17. 17. 

In TRUTH, in reality; in fact.— Of a TRUTH, in 
reality; certainly. — To do TRUTH, to practice what 
God commands. 

TRUTH. To assert as true ; to declare. 

Had they dreamt this, they would have TRUTHED it 
heaven. — Ford. 

TRUE. I. Conformable to fact; in accordance with 
the actual state of things ; not false, erroneous, in- 
accurate, or the like ; as, a TRUE relation or narration ; 



PROLUSION, 49 

a TRUE history; a declaration is TRUE when it 
states the facts. In this sense, TRUE is opposed to 
false. 

Tis very TRUE, O wise and upright judge. — Shak. 

2. Right to precision ; conformable to a rule or pat- 
tern ; exact ; as, a TRUE copy ; a TRUE likeness of 
the original. 

Thus did he maintain the defensive, making his eye, 
foot, and hand keep TRUE time.— W. Scott. 

3. Steady in adhering to friends, to promises, to a 
prince, or the like ; faithful ; loyal ; not false, fickle, or 
perfidious ; as, a TRUE friend ; a wife TRUE to her 
husband ; an officer TRUE to his charge. 

Thy so TRUE, 
So faithful love unequaled. — Milton. 

Dare to be TRUE ; nothing can need a lie. — Her- 

BERT. 

4. Actual ; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended ; 
genuine ; pure ; real ; as, TRUE balsam ; TRUE love 
of country ; a TRUE Christian. 

The TRUE light, which lighteth every man that Com- 
eth into the world.— St. John i. 9. 
4 



Not myself, but the TRUTH that in LIFE I 
have spoken, 
Not myself, but the seed that in LIFE I 
have sown, 
Shall pass on to ages — all about me forgotten. 
Save the TRUTH I have spoken, the things 
I have done. -Bonar. 



TRUTH. 



I 



AM the DOOR : by me if any man enter 
in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and 
out, and find pasture. —John lo. 9. 




When quiet in my house I sit, 
Thy book be my companion still ; 

My joy thy sayings to repeat, 
Talk o'er the records of thy will, 

And search the oracles divine, 

Till every heart-felt word be mine. 

— Charles "Wesley. 

Let US not love in word, neither in tongue ; 
but in deed and in TRUTH. — 1 John 3. 18. 

Source of TRUTH, whose beams alone 
Light the mighty world of mind ; 

God of love, who from thy throne, 
Kindly watchest all mankind. 

—William Cullen Bryant. 



52 TRUTH. 

Marble and recording brass decay, 
And like the graver's memory pass away ; 
The works of man inherit, as is just, 
Their author's frailty, and return to dust ; 
But TRUTH divine forever stands secure : 
Fixed is the rolling flood of endless years ; 
The Pillar of the eternal plan appears ; 
The raving storm and dashing wave defies, 
Built by that Architect who built the skies. 

— Cowper. 

Careless seems the great avenger : 

History's pages but record 
One death-grapple in the darkness 

'Twixt old systems and the Word. 
TRUTH forever on the scaffold. 

Wrong forever on the throne ; 
Yet that scaffold sways the future, 

And behind the dim unknown 
Standeth God within the shadow, 

Keeping watch above his own. 

—Lowell. 

TRUTH is as impossible to be soiled by any 
outward touch as the sunbeam. r-MUton. 



TRUTH, 53 

TRUTH crushed to earth shall rise again : 
The eternal years of God are hers. —Bryant. 

TRUTH against the world. -Tennyson. 

Though all the winds of doctrine were let 
loose to play upon earth, so TRUTH be in 
the field, we do ingloriously, by licensing and 
prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let 
her and falsehood grapple : who ever knew 
TRUTH put to the worse in a free and open 
encounter ? -Miiton. 

Infinite TRUTH, the LIFE of my desire, 
Come from the skies and join thyself to me ; 
I am tired with hearing, and this hearing tires, 
But never tired of telling thee 
'Tis thy fair face alone my spirit burns to see. 

—Isaac Watts. 

O TRUTH, TRUTH ! thou knowest how 
the inward marrow of my soul longeth after 

thee. —Augustine. 

Great TRUTHS are portions of the soul of 

man; 
Great souls are portions of eternity. -Loweii. 



54 




The entrance of thy words giveth light ; it 
giveth understanding. -Psa. ng. 130. 

I will show thee that which is noted in the 
Scripture of TRUTH. -Dan. lo. 21. 

Thou wilt perform the TRUTH to Jacob, 
and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast 
sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. 

— Mic. 7. 20. 

Come Holy Guest, for moved by thee 
The prophets wrote and spoke. 

Unlock the TRUTH, thyself the key ; 
Unseal the sacred book, -charies wesiey. 

And now I will show thee the TRUTH. 

—Dan. zz. 2. 



TRUTH, 55 



^llr STestament* 



Blessed be the Lord God of my master 
Abraham, who hath not left destitute my 
master of his mercy and his TRUTH. 

—Gen. 24. 27. 

[Jacob said] I am not worthy of the least of 
all the mercies, and of all the TRUTH, which 
thou hast showed unto thy servant. 

—Gen. 32. 10. 

And Joseph said unto them, . . . Hereby 
ye shall be proved. . . . Send one of you, and 
. . . fetch your brother, . . . that your words 
may be proved, whether there be any TRUTH 

in you. —Gen. 42. 14-16. 

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the 
people able men, such as fear God, men of 
TRUTH, hating covetousness. — Exod. 18. 21. 

And the Lord passed by before him, and 
proclaimed. The Lord, The Lord God, merci- 
ful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant 
in goodness and TRUTH. —Exod. 34. 6. 



S6 TRUTH. 

Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, 
and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be 
TRUTH, and the thing certain. -Deut. 13. 14. 

He is the Rock, his work is perfect : for all 
his WAYS are judgment : a God of TRUTH 
and without iniquity, just and right is he. 

—Deut. 32. 4, 

Only fear the Lord, and serve him in 
TRUTH with all your heart : for consider 
how great things he hath done for you. 

—I Sam. 12. 24. 

And Joshua said unto all the people, . . . 
Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in 
sincerity and in TRUTH. . . . As for me and 
my house, we will serve the Lord. 

—Josh. 24. 2, 14, 15. 

And now the Lord show kindness and 
TRUTH unto you : and I also will requite 
you this kindness, because ye have done this 

thing. —2 Sam. 2. 6. 

That the Lord may continue his word which 
he spake concerning me, saying. If thy chil- 
dren take heed to their WAY, to walk before 
me in TRUTH with all their heart, . . . there 



TRUTH, 57 

shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne 
of Israel. — i Kings 2. 4. 

And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this 
I know that thou art a man of God, and that 
the word of the Lord in thy mouth is TRUTH. 

—I Kings 17. 24. 

Of a TRUTH, Lord, the kings of Assyria 
have destroyed the nations and their lands. 

— 2 Kings 19. 17. 

I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how 
I have walked before thee in TRUTH and 
with a perfect heart, and have done . . . good 
in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. And 
he said. Is it not good, if peace and TRUTH 
be in my days ? —2 Kings 20. 3, 19. 

And the king said to him, How many 
times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing 
but the TRUTH to me in the name of the 

Lord ? —2 Chron. i8. 15. 

And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Ju- 
dah, and wrought that which was good and 
right and TRUTH before the Lord his God. 

—2 Chron. 31. 20. 



58 TRUTH, 

And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, 
to the hundred twenty and seven provinces 
of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of 
peace and TRUTH. — Esth. 9. 30. 

Then Job answered and said, I know it is so 
of a TRUTH : but how should man be just 

with God ? —Job g. I, 2. 

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh 
righteousness, and speaketh the TRUTH in 
his heart. — Psa. 15. 2. 

Lead me in thy TRUTH, and teach me: 
for thou art the God of my salvation. All the 
paths of the Lord are mercy and TRUTH 
unto such as keep his covenant and his testi- 
monies. —Psa. 25. 5, 10. 

For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes : 
and I have w^alked in thy TRUTH. 

—Psa. 26. 3. 

Shall the dust praise thee ? shall it declare 
thy TRUTH ? -Psa. 30. 9. 

Into thine hand I commit my spirit : thou 
hast redeemed me, O Lord God of TRUTH. 

—Psa. 31. 5. 



TRUTH, 59 

For the word of the Lord is right ; and all 
his works are done in TRUTH. — Psa. 33. 4. 

I have not hid thy righteousness within my 
heart ; I have declared thy faithfulness and 
thy salvation : I have not concealed thy lov- 
ing-kindness and thy TRUTH from the great 
congregation. . . . Let thy loving-kindness and 
thy TRUTH continually preserve me. 

— Psa. 40. 10, II. 

O send out thy light and thy TRUTH : let 
them lead me ; let them bring me unto thy 
holy hill. —Psa. 43. 3. 

And in thy majesty ride prosperously, be- 
cause of TRUTH and meekness and right- 
eousness. —Psa. 45. 4. 

Behold, thou desirest TRUTH, ... in the 
hidden part thou shalt make me to know wis- 
dom. —Psa. 51. 6. 

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies : 
cut them off in thy TRUTH. -Psa. 54. 5. 



6o TRUTH, 

God shall send forth his mercy and his 
TRUTH. For thy mercy is great unto the 
heavens, and thy TRUTH unto the clouds. 

— Psa. 57. 3, 10. 

He shall abide before God forever : O pre- 
pare mercy and TRUTH, which may preserve 
him. —Psa. 61. 7. 

God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear 
me, in the TRUTH of thy salvation. 

—Psa. 69. 13. 

1 will also praise thee with the psaltery, even 
thy TRUTH, O my God : unto thee will I sing 
with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. 

—Psa. 71. 22. 

Mercy and TRUTH are met together; 
righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 
TRUTH shall spring out of the earth ; and 
righteousness shall look down from heaven. 

—Psa. 85. 10, II. 

Teach me thy WAY, O Lord ; I will walk 
in thy TRUTH : unite my heart to fear thy 
name. — Psa. 86. n. 

Justice and judgment are the habitation of 
thy throne: mercy and TRUTH shall go 



TRUTH, 6 1 

before thy face. Lord, where are thy former 
loving-kindnesses, which thou swarest unto 
David in thy TRUTH ? -Psa. 89. 14, 49. 

He shall judge the world with righteousness, 
and the people with his TRUTH.— Psa. 96. 13. 

He hath remembered his mercy and his 
TRUTH toward the house of Israel.— Psa. 98. 3. 

For the Lord is good ; his mercy is ever- 
lasting; and his TRUTH endureth to all gen- 
erations. —Psa. 100. 5. 

For thy mercy is great above the heavens : 
and thy TRUTH reacheth unto the clouds. 

— Psa. 108. 4. 

They stand fast for ever and ever, and are 
done in TRUTH and uprightness.— Psa. m. 8. 

Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto 
thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for 
thy TRUTH'S sake. -Psa. 115. i. 

O praise the Lord, all ye nations : praise 
him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness 
is great toward us : and the TRUTH of the 
Lord endureth forever. — Psa. 117. i, 2. 



62 TRUTH. 

I have chosen the WAY of TRUTH : thy 
judgments have I laid before me. And take 
not the word of TRUTH utterly out of my 
mouth. Thy righteousness is an everlasting 
righteousness, and thy law is the TRUTH. 
Thou art near, O Lord ; and all thy command- 
ments are TRUTH. — Psa. ng. 30, 43, 142, 151. 

The Lord hath sworn in TRUTH unto Da- 
vid ; he will not turn from it. — Psa. 132. u. 

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and 
praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and 
for thy TRUTH : for thou hast magnified thy 
word above all thy name. — Psa. 138. 2. 

Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and 
all that therein is: which keepeth TRUTH 
forever. — Psa. 146. 6. 

Let not mercy and TRUTH forsake thee : 
bind them about thy neck ; write them upon 
the table of thine heart. — Prov. 3. 3. 

For my mouth shall speak TRUTH ; and 
wickedness is an abomination to my lips. 

—Prov. 8. 7. 



TRUTH, 63 

He that speaketh TRUTH showeth forth 
righteousness. The Up of TRUTH shall be 
established forever. — Prov. 12. 17, 19. 

Mercy and TRUTH shall be to them that 
devise good. — Prov. 14. 22. 

By mercy and TRUTH iniquity is purged : 
and by the fear of the Lord men depart from 

evil. —Prov. 16. 6. 

Mercy and TRUTH preserve the king : and 
his throne is upholden by mercy. —Prov. 20. 28. 

That I might make thee know the certainty 
of the words of TRUTH ; that thou mightest 
answer the words of TRUTH to them that 
send unto thee ? — Prov. 22. 21. 

Buy the TRUTH, and sell it not ; also wis- 
dom, and instruction, and understanding. 

—Prov. 23. 23. 

And it shall come to pass in that day, that 
the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped 
of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay 
upon him that smote them ; but shall stay upon 
the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in TRUTH. 

— Isa. zo. 20. 



64 TRUTH. 

In mercy shall the throne be established: 
and he shall sit upon it in TRUTH in the tab- 
ernacle of David, judging, and seeking judg- 
ment, and hasting righteousness. -isa. i6. 5. 

O Lord, thou art my God ; I will exalt thee, 
I will praise thy name ; for thou hast done 
wonderful things ; thy counsels of old are faith- 
fulness and TRUTH. — isa. 25. i. 

In that day shall this song be sung in the 
land of Judah; We have a strong city; salva- 
tion will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. 
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation 
which keepeth the TRUTH may enter in. 

—Isa. 26. I, 2. 

Of a TRUTH, Lord, the kings of Assyria 
have laid waste all the nations, and their coun- 
tries. —Isa. 37. 18. 

Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the 
wall, and prayed unto the Lord, and said. Re- 
member now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I 
have walked before thee in TRUTH and with 
a perfect heart, and have done that which is 



TRUTH, 65 

good in thy sight. They that go down into the 
pit cannot hope for thy TRUTH. The living, 
the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this 
day: the father to the children shall make 
known thy TRUTH. -isa. 38. 2, 3, 18, 19. 

Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the 
word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. 
He said moreover, For there shall be peace 
and TRUTH in my days. -isa. 39. 8. 

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the 
smoking flax shall he not quench : he shall 
bring forth judgment unto TRUTH. 

—Isa. 42. 3. 

Let them bring forth their witnesses, that 
they may be justified: or let them hear, and 
say, It is TRUTH. -isa. 43. 9. 

Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are 

called by the name of Israel, and are come 

forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear 

by the name of the Lord, and make mention 

of the God of Israel, but not in TRUTH, nor 

in righteousness. —isa. 48. i. 

5 



66 TRUTH, 

None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth 
for TRUTH. And judgment is turned away 
backward, and justice standeth afar off: for 
TRUTH is fallen in the street, and equity 
cannot enter. Yea, TRUTH faileth. 

-Isa. 59. 4, 14, 15. 

For I the Lord love judgment, I hate rob- 
bery for burnt-offering ; and I will direct their 
work in TRUTH, and I wnll make an ever- 
lasting covenant with them. -isa. 6i. 8. 

That he who blesseth himself in the earth 
shall bless himself in the God of TRUTH ; 
and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear 
by the God of TRUTH. -isa. 65. 16. 

Thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in 
TRUTH, in judgment, and in righteousness. 

-Jer. 4. 2. 

Run ye to and fro through the streets of 
Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek 
in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a 
man, if there be any that executeth judgment, 
that seeketh the TRUTH. -jer. 5. i. 



TRUTH. 67 

TRUTH is perished, and is cut off from 
their mouth. -jer. 7. 28. 

For of a TRUTH the Lord hath sent me 
unto you to speak all these words in your ears. 

—Jer. 25. 15. 

Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and 
I will cure them, and will reveal unto them 
the abundance of peace and TRUTH. 

-Jer. 33. 6. 

The king answered unto Daniel, and said, 
Of a TRUTH it is, that your God is a God of 
gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of 
secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. 

— Dan. 2. 47. 

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and 
honor the King of heaven, all whose works are 
TRUTH, and his WAYS judgment. 

—Dan. 4. 37. 

By reason of transgression, ... it cast down 
^ the TRUTH to the grouncj. -Dan. 8. 12. 

That we might turn from our iniquities, and 
understand thy TRUTH. -Dan. 9. 13. 

For the Lord hath a controversy with the 



68 TRUTH, 

inhabitants of the land, because there is no 
TRUTH, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in 
the land. — hos. 4. i. 

Jerusalem shall be called A city of TRUTH ; 
and the mountain of the Lord of hosts. The 
holy mountain. They shall be my people, 
and I will be their God, in TRUTH and in 
righteousness. These are the things that ye 
shall do; Speak ye every man the TRUTH 
to his neighbor; execute the judgment of 
TRUTH and peace in your gates. Joy and 
gladness, and cheerful feasts ; therefore love 
the TRUTH and peace. — zech. 8. 3, 8, i6, 19. 

The law of TRUTH was in his mouth, and 
iniquity was not found in his lips : he walked 
with me in peace and equity, and did turn 
many away from iniquity. —Mai. 2. 6. 

Happy is he whom TRUTH by itself doth 

teach. —Thomas a Kempis. 

TRUTH is the property of God ; the pur- 
suit of TRUTH belongs to man. -von Muiier. 



TRUTH, 



69 



And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art 
worthy to take the Book, and to open the seals 
thereof. —Rev. 5. 9. 




The Preacher sought to find out acceptable 
words : and that which was written was up- 
right, even words of TRUTH. -ecci. 12. 10. 



When the majestic form of TRUTH ap- 
proaches, bow and obey. -John Foster. 

Hark, hark, my soul ! angehc songs are swell- 
ing 
O'er earth's green fields and ocean's wave- 
beat shore : 
How sweet the TRUTH those blessed strains 
are telling 
Of that new LIFE when sin shall be no 
more ! 
Angels of Jesus, angels of light, 
Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the 

night ! — F. W. Faber. 



TRUTH, 71 

Weto ^Testament* 

Then they that were in the ship came and 
worshiped him, saying, Of a TRUTH thou 
art the Son of God. —Matt. 14. 33. 

And she said, TRUTH, Lord : yet the dogs 
eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters* 
table. —Matt. 15. 27. 

And he looked round about to see her that 
had done this thing. But the woman fearing 
and trembling, knowing what was done in her, 
came and fell down before him, and told him 
all the TRUTH. -Mark 5. 32, 33. 

And when they were come, they say unto 
him. Master, we know that thou art TRUE, 
and carest for no man ; for thou regardest not 
the person of men, but teachest the WAY of 
God in TRUTH : Is it lawful to give tribute to 
Caesar, or not ? And the scribe said unto him, 
Well, Master, thou hast said the TRUTH : 
for there is one God ; and there is none other 

but he. —Mark 12. 14, 32. 



72 TRUTH, 

I tell you of a TRUTH, many widows 
were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the 
heaven was shut up three years and six months, 
when great famine was throughout all the land. 

—Luke 4. 25. 

I tell you of a TRUTH, there be some 
standing here, which shall not taste of death, 
till they see the kingdom of God. —Luke 9. 27. 

Of a TRUTH I say unto you, that he will 
make him ruler over all that he hath. 

— Luke 12. 44. 

And he said. Of a TRUTH I say unto you, 
that this poor widow hath cast in more than 
they all. —Luke 21. 3. 

And about the space of one hour after 
another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a 
TRUTH this fellow also was with him ; for 
he is a Galilean. —Luke 22. 59. 

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt 
among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory 
as of the only-begotten of the Father,) full of 
grace and TRUTH. For the law was given 



TRUTH, 73 

by Moses, but grace and TRUTH came by- 
Jesus Christ. —John 1. 14, 17. 

But he that doeth TRUTH cometh to the 
light, that his deeds may be made manifest, 
that they are wrought in God. He that hath 
received his testimony hath set to his seal that 

God is TRUE. —John 3. 21, 33. 

The hour cometh, and now is, when the 
TRUE worshipers shall worship the Father in 
spirit and in TRUTH : for the Father seeketh 
such to worship him. God is a Spirit : and 
they that worship him must worship him in 
spirit and in TRUTH. —John 4. 23, 24. 

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not 
TRUE. There is another that beareth witness 
of me ; and I know that the witness which he 
witnesseth of me is TRUE. Ye sent unto 
John, and he bare witness unto the TRUTH. 

—John 5, 31-33. 

Then those men, when they had seen the 
miracle that Jesus did, said. This is of a 
TRUTH that Prophet that should come into 

the world. -John 6. 14. 



74 TRUTH, 

Many of the people therefore, when they 
heard this saying, said, Of a TRUTH this is 
the Prophet. —John 7. 40. 

[Jesus said] If ye continue in my word, 
then are ye my disciples indeed ; and ye shall 
know the TRUTH, and the TRUTH shall 
make you free. But now ye seek to kill me, 
a man that hath told you the TRUTH, which 
I have heard of God : this did not Abraham. 
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts 
of your father ye will do : he was a murderer 
from the beginning, and abode not in the 
TRUTH, because there is no TRUTH in 
him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of 
his own : for he is a liar, and the father of it. 
And because I tell you the TRUTH, ye be- 
lieve me not. Which of you convinceth me 
of sin ? And if I say the TRUTH, why do ye 
not believe me ? —John 8. 31, 32, 40, 44, 45, 46. 

If ye love me, keep my commandments. 
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give 
you another Comforter, that he may abide with 



TRUTH. 75 

you forever ; even the Spirit of TRUTH ; 
whom the world cannot receive, because it 
seeth him not, neither knoweth him : but ye 
know him ; for he dwelleth with you, and shall 
be in you. —John 14. 15-17. 

But when the Comforter is come, whom I 
will send unto you from the Father, even the 
Spirit of TRUTH, which proceedeth from the 
Father, he shall testify of me. -John 15. 26. 

Nevertheless I tell you the TRUTH ; It is 
expedient for you that I go away : for if I go 
not away, the Comforter Avill not come unto 
you ; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of TRUTH, is 
come, he will guide you into all TRUTH : for 
he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever 
he shall hear, that shall he speak : and he will 
show you things to come. -John 16. 7, 13. 

Sanctify them through thy TRUTH : thy 
word is TRUTH. And for their sakes I 
sanctify myself, that they also might be sancti- 
fied through the TRUTH. -John 17. 17, 19. 



76 TRUTH. 

Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a 
king then ? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that 
I am a king. To this end was I born, and for 
this cause came I into the world, that I should 
bear witness unto the TRUTH. Every one 
that is of the TRUTH heareth my voice. 
Pilate saith unto him, What is TRUTH ? 

—John i8. 37, 38. 

For of a TRUTH against thy holy child 
Jesus, whom thou hast anointed. -Acts 4.27. 

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of 
a TRUTH I perceive that God is no respecter 
of persons : but in every nation he that feareth 
him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted 
with him. —Acts 10. 34, 35. 

He [Paul] said, I am not mad, most noble 
Festus ; but speak forth the words of TRUTH 
and soberness. —Acts 26. 25. 

For the wrath of God is revealed from heav- 
en against all ungodliness and unrighteousness 
of men, who hold the TRUTH in unrighteous- 
ness ; who changed the TRUTH of God into 



TRUTH, 77 

a lie, and worshiped and served the creature 
more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. 

—Rom. I. i8, 25. 

But we are sure that the judgment of God 
is according to TRUTH against them which 
commit such things. But unto them that are 
contentious, and do not obey the TRUTH, 
but obey unrighteousness, indignation and 
wrath. An instructor of the foolish, a teacher 
of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and 
of the TRUTH in the law. —Rom. 2. 2, 8, 20. 

For if the TRUTH of God hath more 
abounded through my lie unto his glory ; why 
yet am I also judged as a sinner? -Rom. 3. 7. 

I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the 
circumcision for the TRUTH of God, to con- 
firm the promises made unto the fathers. 

— Rom. 15. 8. 

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old 
leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and 
wickedness ; but with the unleavened bread of 
sincerity and TRUTH. -i cor. 5. 8. 



78 TRUTH. 

Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in 
the TRUTH. -i cor. 13. 6. 

And thus are the secrets of his heart made 
manifest ; and so falling down on his face he 
will Avorship God, and report that God is in 
you of a TRUTH. — i cor. 14. 25. 

By manifestation of the TRUTH, com- 
mending ourselves to every man's conscience 
in the sight of God. —2 Cor. 4. 2. 

By the word of TRUTH, by the power of 
God, by the armor of righteousness on the 
right hand and on the left. — 2Cor. 6.7. 

But as we spake all things to you in 
TRUTH, even so our boasting, which I made 
before Titus, is found a TRUTH.— 2 cor. 7. 14. 

As the TRUTH of Christ is in me. 

— 2 Cor. II. 10. 

For I will say the TRUTH. -2 cor. 12. 6. 

We can do nothing against the TRUTH, 
but for the TRUTH. -2 cor. 13. 8. 

That the TRUTH of the gospel might con- 
tinue with you. I saw that they walked not 



TRUTH. 79 

Uprightly according to the TRUTH of the 

gospel. —Gal. 2. 5, 14. 

Who hath bewitched you, that ye should 
not obey the TRUTH, before whose eyes 
Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth. 

—Gal. 3. I. 

Am I therefore become your enemy, because 
I tell you the TRUTH. -Gai. 4. 16. 

Ye did run well ; who did hinder you that 
ye should not obey the TRUTH ? -Gai. 5. 7. 

In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard 
the word of TRUTH, the gospel of your sal- 
vation : in whom also, after that ye believed, 
ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of prom- 
ise, which is the earnest of our inheritance. 

-Eph. I. 13, 14. 

But speaking the TRUTH in love, may 
grow up into him in all things, which is the 
head, even Christ. If so be that ye have heard 
him, and have been taught by him, as the 
TRUTH is in Jesus. And . . . put on the 
new man, which after God is created in right- 
eousness and TRUE holiness. Wherefore 



8o TRUTH. 

putting away lying, speak every man TRUTH 
with his neighbor : for we are members one of 
another. — Eph. 4. 15, 21, 24, 25. 

(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness 
and righteousness and TRUTH ;) proving 
what is acceptable unto the Lord. 

—Eph. 5. 9, 10. 

Stand therefore, having your loins girt about 
with TRUTH, and having on the breastplate 
of righteousness. -Eph. e. 14. 

I am set for the defense of the gospel. 
What then ? notwithstanding, every WAY, 
whether in pretense, or in TRUTH, Christ is 
preached ; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and 
will rejoice. — Phii. i. 17, 18. 

For the hope which is laid up for you in 
heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word 
of the TRUTH of the gospel ; which is come 
unto you, as it is in all the world ; and bring- 
eth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the 
day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God 
in TRUTH. -coi. i. 5, 6. 



TRUTH. 8 1 

For this cause also thank we God without 
ceasing, because, when ye received the word 
of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not 
as the word of men, but, as it is in TRUTH, 
the word of God, which effectually worketh 
also in you that believe. — i Thess. 2. 13. 

Because they received not the love of the 
TRUTH, that they might be saved. That 
they all might be damned who believed not 
the TRUTH, but had pleasure in unrighteous- 
ness. But we are bound to give thanks always 
to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, 
because God hath from the beginning chosen 
you to salvation through sanctification of the 
Spirit and belief of the TRUTH. 

—2 Thess. 2. 10, 12, 13. 

Who will have all men to be saved, and to 
come unto the knowledge of the TRUTH. 
Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an 
apostle, (I speak the TRUTH in Christ, and 
lie not,) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and 
verity. -i Tim. 2. 4, 7. 



82 TRUTH, 

Which is the church of the living God, the 
pillar and ground of the TRUTH. To be 
received with thanksgiving of them which be- 
lieve and know the TRUTH. -i Tim. 3. 15; 4. 3. 

Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, 
and destitute of the TRUTH, supposing that 
gain is godliness : from such withdraw thyself. 

—I Tim. 6. 5. 

Who concerning the TRUTH have erred, 
saying that the resurrection is past already; 
and overthrow the faith of some. Neverthe- 
less the foundation of God standeth sure, hav- 
ing this seal. The Lord knoweth them that are 
his. And, Let every one that nameth the 
name of Christ depart from iniquity. In meek- 
ness instructing those that oppose themselves ; 
if God peradventure will give them repentance 
to the acknowledging of the TRUTH. 

—2 Tim. 2. 18, 19, 25. 

Ever learning, and never able to come to 
the knowledge of the TRUTH. -2 Tim. 3. 7. 

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of 
Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's 



TRUTH, '^i 

elect, and the acknowledging of the TRUTH 
which is after godliness; in hope of eternal 
LIFE, which God, that cannot lie, promised 
before the world began. Not giving heed to 
Jewish fables, and commandments of men, 
that turn from the TRUTH. —Tit. 1. 1, 2, 14. 

Every good gift and every perfect gift is 
from above, and cometh down from the Fa- 
ther of lights, with whom is no variableness, 
neither shadow of turning. Of his own will 
begat he us with the word of TRUTH, that 
we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creat- 
ures. — Jas. I. 17, 18. 

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in 
your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the 
TRUTH. -Jas. 3. 14. 

Brethren, if any of you do err from the 
TRUTH, and one convert him ; let him know, 
that he which converteth the sinner from the 
error of his WAY shall save a soul from death, 
and shall hide a multitude of sins. 

—Jas. 5. xg, 20. 



84 TRUTH, 

Seeing ye have purified yourselves in obey- 
ing the TRUTH through the Spirit unto un- 
feigned love of the brethren, see that ye love 
one another with a pure heart fervently : being 
born again, not of corruptible seed, but of in- 
corruptible, by the word of God, which liveth 
and abideth forever. But the word of the 
Lord endureth forever. — i Pet. i. 23, 23, 25. 

Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you 
always in remembrance of these things, though 
ye know them, and be established in the pres- 
ent TRUTH. -2 Pet. 1. 12. 

And many shall follow their pernicious 
WAYS ; by reason of whom the WAY of 
TRUTH shall be evil spoken of. —2 Pet. 2. 2. 

That which we have seen and heard declare 
we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship 
with us : and truly our fellowship is with the 
Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. This 
then is the message which we have heard of 
him, and declare unto you, that God is light, 
and in him is no darkness at all. If we say 
that we have fellowship with him, and walk in 



TRUTH. 85 

darkness, we He, and do not the TRUTH : 
but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, 
we have fellowship one with another, and the 
blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from 
all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we de- 
ceive ourselves, and the TRUTH is not in us. 
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to 
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all 
unrighteousness. — i John i. 3, 5-9. 

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not 
his commandments, is a liar, and the TRUTH 
is not in him. I have not written unto you 
because ye know not the TRUTH, but because 
ye know it, and that no lie is of the TRUTH. 
But the anointing which ye have received of him 
abideth in you, and ye need not that any man 
teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth 
you of all things, and is TRUTH, and is no lie, 
and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide 
in him. —1 John 2. 4, 21, 27. 

My little children, let us not love in word, 
neither in tongue ; but in deed and in 
TRUTH. And hereby we know that we are 



S6 TRUTH. 

of the TRUTH, and shall assure our hearts 
before him. — i John 3. 18, 19. 

He that knoweth God heareth us ; he that 
IS not of God heareth not us. Hereby know 
we the spirit of TRUTH, and the spirit of 

error. — i John 4. 6. 

This is he that came by water and blood, 
even Jesus Christ ; not by water only, but by 
water and blood. And it is the Spirit that 
beareth witness, because the Spirit is TRUTH. 

—I John 5. 6. 

Unto the elect lady and her children, whom 
I love in the TRUTH ; and not I only, but 
also all they that have known the TRUTH ; 
for the TRUTH'S sake, which dwelleth in us, 
and shall be with us forever. Grace be with 
you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, 
and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the 
Father, in TRUTH and love. I rejoiced 
greatly that I found of thy children walking in 
TRUTH, as we have received a command- 
ment from the Father. —2 John 1-4. 



TRUTH. 87 

Unto the well beloved Gaius, whom I love 
in the TRUTH. Beloved, I wish above all 
things that thou mayest prosper and be in 
health, even as thy soul prospereth. For I 
rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and 
testified of the TRUTH that is in thee, even 
as thou walkest in the TRUTH. I have no 
greater joy than to hear that my children walk 
in TRUTH. We therefore ought to receive 
such, that we might be fellow-helpers to the 
TRUTH. He that doeth good is of God : 
but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. 
(Jesus said at the beginning, the pure in heart 
shall see God.) Demetrius hath good report 
of all men, and of the TRUTH itself: yea, 
and we also bear record ; and ye know that our 
record is TRUE. Greet the friends by name. 

—3 John 1-4, 8, IX, 12, 14. 

Jesus saith, I am the WAY, the TRUTH, 
and the LIFE : no man cometh unto the 
Father, but by me. —John 14. 6. 



'* Were the whole realm of nature mine, 
That were an offering far too small ; 

Love so amazing, so divine, 

Demands my LIFE, my soul, my all/* 

" Just as I am, young, strong, and free, 
To be the best that I can be 
For TRUTH and Righteousness and Thee, 
Lord of my LIFE, I come." 



PROLUSION, 



-°- ^ LIFE. ^ :^^-°- 

By NOAH WEBSTER, LL.D. 

ONE. That state of an animal or plant in which its 
organs are capable of performing their functions ; 
animate existence ; vitality ; as, the LIFE of a 
tree, or a horse. 

2. The time during which the human soul and body 
are united ; the period between birth and death ; the 
present state of existence ; sometimes the perpetual ex- 
istence of the soul in the present and future state. 

She shows a body rather than a LIFE. — Shak. 

3. External manifestation of LIFE ; conduct ; deport- 
ment ; as, to teach children to lead good LIVES. 

4. A person or thing which imparts or excites spirit, 
vigor, or enjoyment ; as, he was the LIFE of the com- 
pany, or of the enterprise. 



90 PROLUSION. 

5. Animation ; spirit ; vivacity ; briskness ; vigor ; en- 
ergy. 

They have no notion of LIFE and fire in fancy and 
words.— Felton. 

6. The living form ; real person or state ; — in opposi- 
tion to a copy ; as, a picture is taken from the LIFE ; a 
description from the LIFE. 

7. A person ; a living being, usually or always a hu- 
man being ; as, how many LIVES were sacrificed during 
the Revolution. 

8. The system of animal nature ; animals in general, 
or considered collectively. 

Full nature swarms with LIFE.— THOMSON. 

9. Blood, as the supposed vehicle of animation. 

The warm LIFE came issuing through the wound. — 
Pope. 

10. Narrative of a past LIFE ; history of the events 
of LIFE ; as, Johnson wrote the LIFE of Milton, and 
the LIVES of other poets. 

11. The attainment or experience of enjoyment in the 
right use of the powers ; especially, happiness in the 
favor of God ; eternal LIFE ; heavenly felicity, in dis- 
tinction from eternal death. 



PROLUSION, 91 

1 2. Position in society ; rank, as determined by man- 
ner of LIVING ; social state ; as, high LIFE ; low 
LIFE. 

13. Common occurrences ; as, related to the existence 
of human beings ; course of things ; human affairs. 

But to know 
That which before us lies in daily LIFE 
Is the prime wisdom. — Milton. 

14. That which is dear as one's existence ; a darling ; 
— often used as a term of endearment. 

LIVE. The state of being alive. 

LIFE. To have LIFE ; to be animated ; to possess 
capacity for the vital functions. 



Dost thou love LIFE ? Then do not squander time, 
for that is the stuff LIFE is made of. — Franklin. 

The truest end of LIFE is to know the LIFE that 
never ends.— William Penn. 



DEFINITION OW 



SHIELD. 



By NOAH WEBSTER, LL.D. 

ONE. A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on 
the arm ; a buckler ;— formerly used in war for the 
protection of the body. 

Now put your SHIELDS before your hearts and fight, 
With hearts more proof than SHIELDS.— Shak. 

2. Any thing which protects or defends; defense; 
shelter; protection. 

My council is my SHIELD.— Shak. 

SHIELD. To cover as with a SHIELD ; to cover 
from danger ; to defend ; to protect ; to secure from as- 
sault or injury. 

SHIELD. To save LIFE, as a LIFE preserver. 

The Lord is my strength and my SHIELD. — PSA. 

28. 7. 

Safe as yon angelic bands ; 

Safe as Gabriel where he stands ; 

Safe as if around thy brow 

Wreathed the crown of glory now, 

And thy feet already trod 

The celestial mount of God. 

—Lucy A. Bennet. 



SHIELD, 93 

In the WAY of righteousness is LIFE. 

— Prov. 12. 28, 

He layeth up sound wisdom for the right- 
eous : he is a buckler to them that walk up- 
rightly. —Prov. 2. 7. 

Every word of God is pure: he is a 
SHIELD unto them that put their trust in 
him. —Prov. 30. 5. 

Behold, O God our SHIELD, and look 
upon the face of thine anointed. -Psa. 84. 9. 

Our soul waited for the Lord : he is our 
help and our SHIELD. -Psa.33.20. 

The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and 
my deliverer ; the God of my rock ; in him 
will I trust : he is my SHIELD, and the horn 
of my salvation, my high tower, and my ref- 
uge, my saviour. —2 Sam. 22. 2, 3. 

The princes of the people are gathered to- 
gether, even the people of the God of Abra- 
ham : for the SHIELDS of the earth belong 
unto God : he is greatly exalted. -Psa. 47. 9. 



94 SHIELD. 

And he numbered them from twenty years 
old and above, and found them three hundred 
thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, 
that could handle spear and SHIELD. 

—2 Chron. 25. 5. 

The SHIELD of his mighty men is made 
red, the valiant men are in scarlet : the chari- 
ots shall be with flaming torches in the day of 
his preparation, and the fir-trees shall be terri- 
bly shaken. The chariots shall rage in the 
streets, they shall justle one against another 
in the broad WAYS : they shall seem like 
torches, they shall run like the lightnings. 

— Nahum 2. 3, 4. 

Thy light and TRUTH forth sending 
From thy own radiant side. 
Be thou our guard and guide ; 

On thee alone depending. 
No darkness can affright ; 
Thy SHIELD of TRUTH and light. 
Clear flashing thro' the night, 

Is all defending. ~f. r. Havergai. 



LIFE 



FEAR not, Abram : I am thy SHIELD, 
and thy exceeding great reward. 



-Gen. 15. I. 




Stand therefore, having your loins girt about 
with TRUTH, and having on the breastplate 
of righteousness. -Eph. 6. 14. 

Above all, taking the SHIELD of faith, 
wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the 
fiery darts of the wicked. -Eph. 6. 16. 



g6 LIFE, 




And thine ears shall hear a word behind 
thee, saying, This is the WAY, walk ye in it. 

— Isaiah. 

Thou wilt show me the path of LIFE. 
The paths of the Lord are mercy and 

TRUTH. -David. 

" The WAY the holy prophets went, 
The road that leads from banishment, 
The KING'S HIGHWAY of HOLINESS, 
ril go, for all his paths are peace.** 

The PATH of the just is as the shining 
LIGHT, that shineth more and more unto 
the perfect day. — soiomon. 

For with thee is the fountain of LIFE. 

—David. 



LIFE, 97 

<!^llr ^Testament* 

PREFATORY BY MOSES. 

In the BEGINNING— GOD created the 
heaven and the earth. . . . And the SPIRIT 
of GOD moved upon the face of the waters. 

And GOD said, Let there be light. . . . And 
GOD saw the light, that it was GOOD. . • . 

And GOD called the light Day. . . . 

And GOD said, Let there be a firmament in 
the midst of the waters. . . . 

And GOD made the firmament, and divided 
the waters which were under the firmament 
from the waters which were above the firma- 
ment. . . . And GOD called the firmament 
Heaven. 

And GOD said. Let the waters under the 
heaven be gathered together unto one place, 
and let the dry land appear. . . . 

And GOD called the dry land Earth ; and 
the gathering together of the waters called the 
Seas : and GOD saw that it was GOOD. 

And GOD said. Let the earth bring forth 

7 



98 LIFE, 

grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit- 
tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is 
in itself, upon the earth : . . . and GOD saw 
that it was GOOD. 

And GOD said, Let there be lights in the 
firmament of the heaven to divide the day 
from the night ; and let them be for signs, and 
for seasons, and for days, and years : 

And let them be for lights in the firmament 
of the heaven to give light upon the earth. . . . 

And GOD made two great lights ; the greater 
light to rule the day, and the lesser light to 
rule the night : he made the stars also. 

And GOD set them in the firmament of the 
heaven to give light upon the earth : . . . and 
GOD saw that it was GOOD. 

And GOD said, Let the waters bring forth 
abundantly the moving creature that hath 
LIFE, and fowl that may fly above the earth 
in the open firmament of heaven. 

And GOD created great whales, and every 
living creature that moveth, which the waters 
brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and 



LIFE, 99 

every winged fowl after his kind : and GOD 
saw that it was GOOD. 

And GOD blessed them, saying, Be fruitful 
and multiply. . . . 

And GOD said. Let the earth bring forth 
the LIVING creature after his kind. . . . 

And GOD made the beast of the earth after 
his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every 
thing . . . after his kind : and GOD saw that 
it was GOOD. 

And GOD said. Let us make man in our 
image, after our likeness : and let them have 
dominion. . . . 

So GOD created man in his own image, in 
the image of GOD created he him ; male and 
female created he them. 

And GOD blessed them, and GOD said unto 
them. Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish 
the earth, and subdue it : and have dominion 
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of 
the air, and over every LIVING thing that 
moveth upon the earth. 

And GOD said, Behold, I have given you 



lOO LIFE. 

every herb bearing seed, which is upon the 
face of all the earth, and every ,tree, in the 
which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to 
you it shall be for meat [food]. 

And to every beast of the earth, and to every 
fowl of the air, and to every thing that creep- 
eth upon the earth, wherein there is LIFE, I 
have given every green herb for meat. . . . 

And GOD saw every thing that he had 
made, and, behold, it was VERY GOOD. 

And GOD blessed the seventh day, and 
sanctified it. . . . 

These are the generations of the heavens 
and of the earth when they were created. . . . 

—Gen. a. 3, 4. 



And the Lord God formed man of the dust 
of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils 
the breath of LIFE ; and man became a living 
soul. And the Lord God planted a garden 
eastward in Eden ; and there he put the man 
whom he had formed. And out of the ground 
made the Lord God to grow every tree that is 
pleasant to the sight, and good for food ; the 



LIFE. lOi 

tree of LIFE also in the midst of the gar- 
den. —Gen. 2. 7-9. 

And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou 
and all thy house into the ark ; for thee have I 
seen righteous before me in this generation. 
In the six hundredth year of Noah's LIFE, in 
the second month, the seventeenth day of the 
month, the same day were all the fountains of 
the great deep broken up, and the windows of 
heaven were opened. And they went in unto 
Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, 
wherein is the breath of LIFE, . . . as God 
had commanded. . . . All in whose nostrils 
was the breath of LIFE. -Gen. 7. i, ", 15, 16, 22. 

And God remembered Noah, and every 
LIVING thing, and all the cattle that was 
with him in the ark. And God spake unto 
Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark. . . . Bring 
forth with thee every LIVING thing that is 
with thee. -Gen. 8. i, 15-17. 

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and 
said unto them. Be fruitful, and multiply, and 



102 LIFE, 

replenish the earth. And the fear of you and 
the dread of you shall be upon every beast of 
the earth, . . . into your hand are they deliv- 
ered. Every moving thing that LIVETH 
shall be meat for you ; even as the green herb 
have I given you all things. But flesh with 
the LIFE thereof, which is the blood thereof, 
shall ye not eat. And surely your blood of 
your LIVES will I require : at the hand of 
every beast will I require it, and at the 
hand of man ; at the hand of every man's 
brother will I require the LIFE of man. . . . 
For in the image of God made he man. . . . 
And I will establish my covenant with you, 
. . . and with every LIVING creature. . . . 
This is the token of the covenant which I make 
between me and you, and every LIVING 
creature that is with you, for perpetual genera- 
tions : I do set my bow in the cloud, and it 
shall be for a token of a covenant between me 
and the earth. And it shall come to pass, 
when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the 
bow shall be seen in the cloud : and I will re- 



LIFE. 103 

member my covenant, which is between me and 
you and every LIVING creature of all flesh ; 
and the waters shall no more become a flood 
to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in 
the cloud ; and I will look upon it, that I may 
remember the everlasting covenant between 
God and every LIVING creature of all flesh 
that is upon the earth. And God said unto 
Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which 
I have established between me and all flesh 
that is upon the earth. . . . And Noah lived 
[earth life] . . . nine hundred and fifty 
years. —Gen. 9. 1-17, 28, 29. 

Is any thing too hard for the Lord ? At the 
time appointed I will return unto thee, accord- 
ing to the time of LIFE, and Sarah shall have 

a son. —Gen. 18. 14. 

And Lot said unto them, . . . Behold now, 
thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and 
thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou 
hast showed unto me in saving my LIFE. 

—Gen. 19. z8, ig. 



I04 LIFE, 

And Sarah was a hundred and seven and 
twenty years old : these were the years of the 
LIFE of Sarah. —Gen. 23. i. 

And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of 
my LIFE because of the daughters of Heth : 
if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, 
such as these which are of the daughters of 
the land, what good shall my LIFE do me? 

—Gen. 27. 46. 

And Jacob called the name of the place Pe- 
niel : for I have seen God face to face, and my 
LIFE is preserved. —Gen. 32. 30. 

Now therefore when I come to thy servant 
my father, and the lad be not with us ; seeing 
that his LIFE is bound up in the lad's LIFE. 

—Gen. 44. 30, 

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry 
with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; for 
God did send me before you to preserve 
LIFE. And God sent me before you to pre- 
serve you a posterity in the earth, and to save 
your LIVES by a great deliverance. 

—Gen. 45. 5, 7. 



LIFE, 105 

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of 
the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and 
thirty years : few and evil have the days of the 
years of my LIFE been, and have not attained 
unto the days of the years of the LIFE of my 
fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 

— Gen. 47. 9. 

Joseph said unto them, Fear not : for am I 
in the place of God ? But as for you, ye 
thought evil against me ; but God meant it 
unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, 
to save much people ALIVE. —Gen. 50. 19, 20. 

And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his fa- 
ther's house : and Joseph LIVED a hundred 
and ten years. —Gen. 50. 22. 

And God said unto Moses, . . . Thus shalt 
thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM 
hath sent me unto you. — Exod. 3. 14. 

Go, return into Egypt : for all the men are 
dead which sought thy LIFE. — Exod. 4. 19. 

And he said, My presence shall go with 
thee. —Exod. 33. 14. 



io6 LIFE. 

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my 
judgments : which if a man do, he shall LIVE 
in them. —Lev. is. 5. 

And the Lord said, ... As truly as I LIVE, 
all the earth shall be filled with the glory of 
the Lord. -Num. 14. 20, 31. 

And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee 
a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it 
shall come to pass, that every one that is bit- 
ten, when he looketh upon it, shall LIVE. 

—Num. 21. 8. 

All the commandments which I command 
thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye 
may LIVE. -Deut. 8. i. 

That thou mayest remember the day when 
thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all 
the days of thy LIFE. — Deut. 16. 3. 

He shall write him a copy of this law in a 
book : . . . and he shall read therein all the 
days of his LIFE ; that he may learn to fear 
the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this 

law. —Deut. 17. 18, 19. 



LIFE, 107 

To love the Lord thy God with all thine 
heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest 
LIVE. . . . See, I have set before thee this 
day LIFE and GOOD, . . . cleave unto him : 
for he is thy LIFE. — Deut. 30. 6, 15, 20. 

The Lord shall judge his people. For I lift 
up my hand to heaven, and say, I LIVE forever. 

—Deut. 32. 36, 40. 

The eternal God is thy refuge, and under- 
neath are the everlasting arms. —Deut. 33. 27. 

There shall not any man be able to stand 
before thee all the days of thy LIFE : as I 
was with Moses, so I will be with thee : I will 
not fail thee, nor forsake thee. —josh. x. 5. 

And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that 
the LIVING God is among you. —josh. 3. 10. 

And they feared him, as they feared Moses, 
all the days of his LIFE. —josh. 4. 14. 

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy 
LIFE, and a nourisher of thine old age. 

—Ruth 4. 15. 

And David said unto Saul, Who am I ? and 
what is my LIFE, or my father*s family in 



lo8 LIFE, 

Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the 

king? —I Sam. i8. 18. 

For he did put his LIFE in his hand, ... 
and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all 
Israel. —1 sam. 19, 5. 

Abide thou with me, fear not : for he that 
seeketh my LIFE seeketh thy LIFE : but 
with me thou shalt be in safeguard. 

—X Sam. 22. 23. 

A man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek 
thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be 
bound in the bundle of LIFE with the Lord 

thy God. —1 Sam. 25. 29. 

As the Lord liveth, . . . surely in what place 
my lord the king shall be, whether in death or 
LIFE, even there also will thy servant be. 

—2 Sam. 15. 21. 

The Lord LIVETH ; and blessed be my 
rock ; and exalted be the God of the rock of 
my salvation. -2 sam. 22. 47. 

Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother 
of Solomon, saying, . , . Let me, I pray thee, 
give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine 



LIFE. 109 

own LIFE, and the LIFE of thy son Solo- 
mon. —I Kings I. II, 12. 

And Solomon said, . . . Give therefore thy 
servant an understanding heart, ... to discern 
between good and bad : . . . and the speech 
pleased the Lord. . . . And God said unto 
him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and 
hast not asked for thyself long LIFE ; neither 
hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked 
the LIFE of thine enemies ; but hast asked for 
thyself understanding; . . . behold, I have 
done according to thy word : ... if thou wilt 
walk in my WAYS. — x Kings 3. 6-14. 

And said unto him, O man of God, I pray 
thee, let my LIFE, and the LIFE of these 
fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. 

—2 Kings I. 13. 

And it came to pass, as he was teUing the 
king how he had restored a dead body to 
LIFE, that, behold, the woman, whose son he 
had restored to LIFE, cried to the king for 
her house and for her land. And Gehazi said. 



no LIFE, 

My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this 
is her son, whom Elisha restored to LIFE. 

—2 Kings 8. 5. 

I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am 
doing a great work, so that I cannot come 
down : why should the work cease, whilst I 
leave it, and come down to you ? And I said, 
Should such a man as I flee ? and who is there, 
that, being as I am, would go into the temple 
to save his LIFE. -Neh. 6. 3, h. 

Then Esther the queen answered and said, 
If I have found favor in thy sight, O king, and 
if it please the king, let my LIFE be given me 
at my petition, and my people at my request. 

— Esth. 7. 3. 

Wherefore is light given to him that is in 
misery, and LIFE unto the bitter in soul. 

—Job 3. 20. 

Thou hast granted me LIFE and favor, and 
thy visitation hath preserved my SPIRIT. 

—Job 10. 12. 

The SPIRIT of God hath made me, and the 
breath of the Almighty hath given me LIFE. 

—Job 33. 4. 



LIFE. - III 

BOOK OF PSALMS. 

He asked LIFE of thee, and thou gavest it 
him, even length of days for ever and ever. 

The meek shall eat and be satisfied : they 
shall praise the Lord that seek him : your 
heart shall LIVE forever. 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me 
all the days of my LIFE. 

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that 
will I seek after ; that I may dwell in the house 
of the Lord all the days of my LIFE, and be- 
hold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in 
his temple. 

What man is he that desireth LIFE, and 
loveth many days, that he may see good ? 

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living 
God : when shall I come and appear before God ? 
Yet the Lord will command his loving-kind- 
ness in the daytime, and in the night his song 
shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God 
of my LIFE. 

That he should still LIVE forever, and not 
see corruption. 



112 LIFE. 

Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: pre- 
serve my LIFE from fear of the enemy. 

And he shall LIVE, and to him shall be 
given of the gold of Sheba : prayer also shall 
be made for him continually. 

Who redeemeth thy LIFE from destruc- 
tion ; who crowneth thee with loving-kindness 
and tender mercies. 

I will sing unto the Lord as long as I LIVE : 
I will sing praise to my God while I have my 
being. 

I will walk before the Lord in the land of 
the LIVING. 

That I may LIVE, and keep thy word. That 
I may LIVE : for thy law is my delight. Up- 
hold me according unto thy word, that I may 
LIVE : and let me not be ashamed of my hope. 
Let my soul LIVE, and it shall praise thee. 

The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion : and 
thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the 
days of thy LIFE. 

For there the Lord commanded the bless- 
ing, even LIFE for evermore. 



LIFE, 113 

PREFATORY BY SOLOMON. 

My son, forget not my law ; but let thine 
heart keep my commandments : for length of 
days, and long LIFE, and peace, shall they 
add to thee. Let not mercy and TRUTH for- 
sake thee : bind them about thy neck ; write 
them upon the table of thine heart. . . • 
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and 
the man that getteth understanding: for the 
merchandise of it is better than the merchandise 
of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. 
She is more precious than rubies : and all the 
things thou canst desire are not to be com- 
pared unto her. Length of days is in her 
right hand ; and in her left hand riches and 
honor. Her WAYS are WAYS of pleasant- 
ness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree 
of LIFE to them that lay hold upon her: and 
happy is every one that retaineth her. ... So 
shall they be LIFE unto thy soul, and grace 
to thy neck. 

Hear ye, children, . . . forsake ye not my 

law. . . . Keep my commandments and LIVE, 

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114 LIFE, 

. . . and the years of thy LIFE shall be many. 
. . . Take fast hold of instruction ; . . . for she 
is thy LIFE. . . . For they are LIFE unto 
those that find them, and health to all their 
flesh. 

Keep thy heart with all diligence ; for out 
of it are the issues of LIFE. 

Keep my commandments, and LIVE ; and 
my law as the apple of thine eye. 

For whoso findeth me findeth LIFE, and 
shall obtain favor of the Lord. 

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and 
the years of thy LIFE shall be increased. 

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of 
LIFE. 

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of LIFE ; 
and he that winneth souls is wise. 

The WAY of righteousness is LIFE ; and 
in the pathway thereof there is no death. 

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his 
LIFE. 

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick : but 
when the desire cometh, it is a tree of LIFE. 



LIFE, 115 

The law of the wise is a fountain of LIFE. 
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of LIFE. 
A sound heart is the LIFE of the flesh. 

A wholesome tongue is a tree of LIFE. 
The WAY of LIFE is above to the wise, that 
he may depart from hell beneath. The ear 
that heareth the reproof of LIFE abideth 
among the wise. 

In the light of the king's countenance is 
LIFE ; and his favor is as a cloud of the latter 
rain. 

Death and LIFE are in the power of the 
tongue. 

The fear of the Lord tendeth to LIFE : and 
he that hath it shall abide satisfied ; he shall 
not be visited with evil. 

He that followeth after righteousness and 
mercy findeth LIFE, righteousness, and honor. 

By humility and the fear of the Lord are 
riches, and honor, and LIFE. 

She will do him good and not evil all the 
days of her LIFE. 



Il6 LIFE. 

He hath made every thing beautiful in his 
time : also he hath set the world in their heart, 
so that no man can find out the work that God 
maketh from the beginning to the end. . . . 
There is no good in them, but for a man to 
rejoice, and to do good in his LIFE. 

— Eccl. 3. II, 12. 

For wisdom is a defense, and money is a de- 
fense : but the excellency of knowledge is, that 
wisdom giveth LIFE. — ecci. 7. 12. 

The Lord was ready to save me : therefore 
we will sing my songs to the stringed instru- 
ments all the days of our LIFE in the house 
of the Lord. — isa. 38. 20. 

The Lord is the true God, he is the LIVING 
God, and an everlasting King. — jer. 10. 10. 

If the wicked restore the pledge, give again 
that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of 
LIFE, without committing iniquity; he shall 
surely LIVE. — Ezek. 33. 15. 

• I make a decree. That in every dominion of 
my kingdom men tremble and fear before the 



LIFE. 117 

God of Daniel : for he is the LIVING God, 
and steadfast forever. —Dan. 6. 26. 

And many of them that sleep in the dust of 
the earth shall awake, some to everlasting 
LIFE, and some to shame and everlasting con- 
tempt. And they that be wise shall shine as 
the brightness of the firmament ; and they that 
turn many to RIGHTEOUSNESS, as the 
stars for ever and ever. —Dan. 12. 2, 3. 

Thus saith the Lord unto the house of Is- 
rael, Seek ye me, and ye shall LIVE. 

— Amos 5. 4. 

Hast thou brought up my LIFE from cor- 
ruption, O Lord my God. — jon. 2. 6. 

Your fathers, where are they ? and the proph- 
ets, do they LIVE forever ? — zech. i. 5. 

My covenant was with him of LIFE and 
peace. —Mai. 2. 5. 

And the KEY of the house 
of David will I lay upon his 

should ers. — Isalah. 




Ii8 THE COVENANT, 

Arise, shine; ^^-^//^ for thy LIGHT 
is come, and the ^^^^S^ glory of the Lord 
is risen upon ^ I ^^k thee. — isaiah 

The COM- l MANDMENT 

is a lamp; and ''« the law is light; 

and reproofs of instructions are the WAY of 

LIFE. —Solomon. 

To such as keep his COVENANT. -David. 

This is my COVENANT with them, saith 
the Lord : My SPIRIT that is upon thee, and 
my words that I have put in thy mouth, shall 
not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the 
mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from 
henceforth and forever. -isaiah. 

My covenant is with him of LIFE and 

PEACE. — Malachi. 

His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. 

— Daniel. 

Jesus shall reign where'er the sun 

Does his successive journeys run ; 

His KINGDOM spread from shore to shore, 

Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 

—Watts. 



KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, 119 

JESUS SAITH: 

Think not that I am come to destroy the 
LAW, or the prophets: I am not come to de- 
stroy, but to fulfill. . . . WHOSOEVER 
therefore shall break one of these least com- 
mandments, and shall TEACH men so, he 
shall be called the least in the KINGDOM 
of HEAVEN: but WHOSOEVER shall 
DO and TEACH THEM, the same shall be 
called great in the KINGDOM of HEAVEN. 

For I say unto you, That EXCEPT your 
righteousness shall exceed the righteousness 
of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case 
enter into the KINGDOM of HEAVEN. 

EXCEPT ye be born again, ye cannot enter 
the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. And except 
ye be converted, and become as little children, 
ye cannot ENTER the KINGDOM of 
HEAVEN. 

For the KINGDOM of HEAVEN is within 
you, and shall be in you a well of water spring- 
ing up unto everlasting LIFE. 

Fear not, little flock, for it is your FA- 



I20 KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 

THER'S GOOD pleasure to give you THE 
KINGDOM. 

AND HE SHALL SAY. 

Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the 
KINGDOM prepared for you from the foun- 
dation of the world. 

Of his KINGDOM there shall be no end. 

—Luke. 

In the light of the KING'S countenance is 
LIFE. 

** We are watching, we are waiting. 

For the beauteous King of day ; 
For the Chiefest of ten thousand. 

For the LIFE, the TRUTH, the WAY." 



Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; even lift 
them up, ye everlasting DOORS ; and the 
KING of GLORY shall come in. Who is this 
KING of GLORY ? -David. 

And the posts of the DOOR moved at the 
voice of him that cried. — isaiah. 

Behold, I have set before you an OPEN 
DOOR, and no man can shut it. 



THE DOOR. 121 

After this I looked, and, behold, a DOOR 

was opened in HEAVEN. —Revelation of John. 

Jesus saith, I AM the DOOR, by me if any 
man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go 
in and out, and find pasture. 




Then said Jesus unto them again. Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, I AM the DOOR of 
the sheep. 

I AM the GOOD SHEPHERD: the 
GOOD SHEPHERD giveth his LIFE for 
the sheep. 

He that followeth me shall not walk in 
darkness, but shall have the LIGHT of 
LIFE. 



122 LIFE. 

And he shall bring forth the HEADSTONE 
thereof with shoutings, crying, GRACE, 

GRACE unto it. — Zecharlah. 

As it is written, The first man, Adam, was 
made a LIVING SOUL ; the last Adam was 
made a quickening SPIRIT. 

As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall 
all be made ALIVE. -Paui. 

Jesus said, ... I AM come that they might 
have LIFE, and that they might have it more 
ABUNDANTLY. 

And he breathed upon them and said, Re- 
ceive ye the HOLY GUEST. 



It is thy LIFE alone, alone thy LIFE, 

That saveth me ; 
And for that LIFE of thine, that saving LIFE, 

I come to thee. — Bonar. 

Amen, so let it be ! 
LIFE from the dead is in that word, 

Tis IMMORTALITY. -Montgomery. 



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INCARNA riON, 123 

PREFATORY BY MATTHEW. 

The book of the generations of Jesus Christ, 
the son of David, the son of Abraham. . . . 

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this 
wise : When as his mother Mary was espoused 
to Joseph, before they came together, she was 

found with child of the Holy GUEST The 

angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a 
dream, saying, Joseph, . . . that which is con- 
ceived in her is of the Holy GUEST. And she 
shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his 
name JESUS: for he shall save his people 
from their sins. . . . Which was spoken of the 
Lord by the prophet. . . . They shall call his 
name Emmanuel, . . . God with us. Then 
Joseph being raised from sleep did as the 
ANGEL of the Lord had bidden him. . . . 
and called his NAME JESUS. 

JESUS was born in Bethlehem, . . . and 
behold there came wise men from the east 
to Jerusalem, saying. Where is he that is born 
KING ? ... we have seen his STAR in the 



124 THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM, 

east, . . . and, lo, the star, which they saw in 
the east, went before them, till it came and 
stood over where, ^j/. the young child was. 
When they saw the ^Yf^' they rejoiced with 
exceeding great /^»^\ joy. 

The ANGEL of the Lord appeareth to Jo- 
seph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the 
young child and his mother, and flee into 
Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee 
-word : . . . which was spoken by the prophet, 
saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. 
. . . An ANGEL of the Lord appeareth in a 
dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Arise, and 
take the young child and his mother, and go 
into the land of Israel : for they are dead 
which sought the young child's LIFE. . . . And 
they dwelt in a city called Nazareth : . . . 
which was spoken by the prophets. He shall be 
called a Nazarene. . . . That it might be ful- 
filled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet. 
. . . The people which sat in darkness saw great 
LIGHT ; and to them which sat in the region 
and shadow of death light is sprung up. 



BAPTISM OF JESUS. 125 

PREFATORY TO THE MINISTRY OF JESUS. 

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan 
unto John, to be baptized of him. But John 
forbade him, saying, I have need to be baptized 
of thee, and comest thou to me? And Jesus 
ansvv^ering said unto him. Suffer it to be so 
now : for thus it becometh us to fulfill all 
RIGHTEOUSNESS. . . . And JESUS, when 
he was baptized, went up straightWAY out 
of the water: and, lo, the heavens were 
opened unto him, and he saw 
the SPIRIT of GOD descend- 
ing like a DOVE, and lighted 
upon him : and lo a voice from 
heaven, saying, This is my be- 
loved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 

Come, Holy GUEST, our souls inspire, 
And lighten with celestial fire ; 
Thou the anointing SPIRIT art, 
Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart ; 
Thy blessed unction from above 
Is comfort, LIFE, and flame of LOVE. 

Gregory the Great. 




126 KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD. 

THE TEMPTATION. 

Then was Jesus led up of the SPIRIT into 
the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 
And when he had fasted forty days and forty 
nights, he was afterward a hungered. And 
when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou 
be the Son of God, command that these stones 
be made bread. But he answered and said, 
It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, 
but by every WORD that proceedeth out of 
the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh 
him up into the holy city, and setteth him on 
a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him. 
If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down : 
for it is written. . . . Jesus said unto him. It 
is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the 
Lord thy God. Again, the devil taketh him 
up into an exceeding high mountain, and 
showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, 
and the glory of them ; and saith unto him, 
All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt 
fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus 
unto him. Get thee hence, Satan : for it is writ- 



KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 127 

ten, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, 
and him only shalt thou serve. Then the 
devil leaveth him, and, behold, ANGELS 
came and ministered unto him. 




From that time JESUS begun to preach, 
and to say, Repent: for the KINGDOM of 
HEAVEN is at hand, . . . TEACHING, . . . 
and preaching the gospel of the KINGDOM, 
and healing all manner of sickness and all man- 
ner of disease among the people. . . . And 
they brought unto him all sick people that 
were taken with divers diseases and torments, 
. . . and those which were lunatic, and those 
that had the palsy ; and he healed them. 

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into 
a mountain : and when he was set, his disci- 
ples came unto him : and he opened his mouth, 
and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor 
in SPIRIT: for theirs is the KINGDOM OF 
HEAVEN. 



128 THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, 

Blessed are they which are persecuted for 
RIGHTEOUSNESS' sake: for theirs is the 
KINGDOM of HEAVEN. 



Ye are the SALT of the earth. 

Ye are the Hght of the world. A city that 
is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do 
men light a candle, ^-^^ and put it under a 
bushel, but on a jj candlestick; and it 
giveth LIGHT un- Q^ to all that are in 
the house. 

Let your LIGHT so SHINE before men, 
that they may see your GOOD works, and 
glorify your FATHER which is in heaven. 

If thou bring thy gift to the ALTAR, and 
there rememberest that thy brother hath 
aught against thee ; leave there thy gift be- 
fore the ALTAR, and go thy WAY ; first be 
reconciled to thy brother, and then come and 
offer thy gift. 

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, . . . 
that ye may be the children of your FATHER 
which is in HEAVEN. 




OUR LORD'S PRAYER. 129 

Take heed that ye do not your alms before 
men, to be seen of them : otherwise ye have no 
reward of your FATHER which is in Heaven. 

After this manner therefore pray ye : Our 
FATHER which art in HEAV- 
EN, Hallowed be thy NAME. 
Thy KINGDOM come. Thy 
WILL be done in earth, as it is 
in HEAVEN. Give us this day our daily 
bread. And forgive us our debts, as we for- 
give our debtors. And [leave] us not in- 
temptation, but deliver us from evil : For thine 
is the KINGDOM, and the power, and the 
glory, forever. Amen. 

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am 
tempted of God : for God cannot be tempted 
with evil, neither tempteth he any man.— James. 

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly 
out of temptation. — Peter. 

God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be 

tempted above that ye are able : but will with 

the temptation also make a WAY to escape, 

that ye may be able to bear it. 
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130 LIGHT AND LIFE. 

For we have not a high-PRIEST which 
cannot be touch with the feeling of our infirm- 
ities ; but was in all points tempted like as we 
are, yet without sin. 

For in that he himself hath suffered being 
tempted, he is able to succor them that are 
tempted. — Paui. 



The light of the body is the eye : if there- 
fore thine ^^^- be single, thy whole body 
shall be^^ full of LIGHT. 

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought 
for your LIFE. ... Is not the LIFE more 
than meat, and the body than raiment ? Be- 
hold the fowls of the air. . . . Your heavenly 
FATHER feedeth them. . . . Consider the 
lilies of the field. . . . But seek ye first the 
KINGDOM of GOD and his RIGHTEOUS- 
NESS; and all these things shall be added 
unto you. Take therefore no thought for the 
morrow. 

Judge not, that ye be not judged. 

Ask, and it shall be given you. 



KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 131 

Enter ye in at the strait gate. . . . Because 
strait is the gate, and narrow is the WAY, 
which leadeth unto LIFE. 

Ye shall know them by their fruits. . . . 
Every GOOD tree bringeth forth GOOD fruit. 

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, 
Lord, shall enter into the KINGDOM of 
HEAVEN. . . . Therefore WHOSOEVER 
heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, 
I will liken him unto a wise man, which built 
his house upon a ROCK. . . . And it came to 
pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the 
people were astonished at his doctrine : for he 
TAUGHT as one having authority, and not 
as the scribes. 

For all the prophets and the law prophesied 
until John. And if ye will receive it, this is 
Elias which was for to come. He that hath 
ears to hear, let him hear. 

And from the days of John the Baptist until 
now the KINGDOM of HEAVEN suffereth 
violence, and the violent taketh it by force. 

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said 



132 KIXGDOM OF GOD, 

unto them. Even- kingdom divided against it- 
self is brought to desolation. . . . But if I cast 
out devils by the SPIRIT of GOD. then the 
KIXGDOM of GOD is come unto you. 

But blessed are your eyes, for they see : and 
your ears, for they hear. For verily I say 
unto you. That many prophets and righteous 
men have desired to see those things which 
ye see, and have not seen them : and to hear 
those things which ye hear, and have not 
heard them. 

When he was come down from the mount- 
ain, great multitudes followed him. And, be- 
hold, there came a leper and worshiped him, 
saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me 
clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and 
touched him, saying, I will; be thou CLEAN. 

And I say unto you. That many shall come 
from the east and the west, and shall sit down 
with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the 
KINGDOM of HEAVEN. 

While he spake these things unto them, be- 
hold, there came a certain ruler, and worshiped 



KINGDOM OF HE A VEN. 133 

him, saying, My daughter is even now dead : 
but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she 
shall LIVE. And Jesus arose, and followed 
him. . . . He went in, and took her by the 
hand, and the maid arose. 

Jesus went about all the cities and villages, 
TEACHING ... and PREACHING the 
GOSPEL of the KINGDOM, and healing 
every sickness and every disease among the 
people. . . . Then saith he unto his disciples, 
The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labor- 
ers are few; pray ye therefore the Lord of the 
harvest, that he will send forth laborers into 
his harvest. And when he had called unto 
him his twelve disciples, he gave them power 
against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and 
to heal all manner of sickness and all manner 
of disease. . . . These twelve Jesus sent forth, 
and commanded them, saying, Go. . . . And 
as ye go, preach, saying. The KINGDOM of 
HEAVEN is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse 
the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils : 
freely ye have received, freely give. 



134 KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, 

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the 
midst of wolves : be ye therefore wise as ser- 
pents, and harmless as doves. . . . For it is 
not ye that speak, but the SPIRIT of your 
FATHER which speaketh in you. 

He that findeth his LIFE shall lose it : and 
he that loseth his LIFE for my sake shall 
find it. —Matt. lo. 39. 

And Jesus stretched forth his hand toward 
his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and 
my brethren ! For whosoever shall do the 
will of my FATHER which is in HEAVEN, 
the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. 

— Matt. 12. 49, 50. 

And his disciples came and said unto him, 
Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 
He answered, . . . Because it is given unto 
you to know the mysteries of the KINGDOM 
of HEAVEN. . . . Hear ye therefore the par- 
able of the sower. 

Another parable put he forth unto them, say- 
ing. The KINGDOM of HEAVEN is likened 
unto a man which sowed GOOD seed in his field. 



KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, 135 

Another parable put he forth unto them, 
saying, The KINGDOM of HEAVEN is like 
a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, 
and sowed in his field. 

Another parable spake he unto them ; The 
KINGDOM of HEAVEN is like unto leaven, 
which a woman took, and hid in three meas- 
ures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 

Again, the KINGDOM of HEAVEN is 
like unto treasure hid in a field ; the which 
when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy 
thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and 
buyeth that field. 

Again, the KINGDOM of HEAVEN is ' 
like unto a merchantman, seeking goodly 
pearls ; who, when he had found one pearl of 
great price, went and sold all that he had, and 
bought it. 

Again, the KINGDOM of HEAVEN is like 
a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered 
of every kind : which, when it was full, they 
drew to shore, and set down, and gathered the 
GOOD into vessels, but cast the bad away. 



136 KINGDOM OF HEA VEN. 

Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all 
these things ? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. 
Then said he unto them, Therefore every 
scribe which is instructed unto the KING- 
DOM of HEAVEN, is like unto a man that 
is a householder, which bringeth forth out of 
his treasure things new and old. 

And he called the multitude, and said unto 
them, Hear, and understand. 

And when the disciples saw him walking on 
the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a 
spirit ; and they cried out for fear. But 
straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be 
of good cheer ; it is I ; be not afraid. 

And he called the multitude, and said unto 
them, Hear, and understand : Not that which 
goeth into the mouth defileth a man ; but that 
which Cometh out of the mouth, this defileth 
a man. 

Jesus . . . asked HIS DISCIPLES, saying. 
Whom do men say that I, the Son of man, am ? 
. . . Simon Peter answered and said. Thou art 
the Christ, the Son of the LIVING GOD. And 



KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, 137 

Jesus answered and said, . . . Upon this 
ROCK I will build my CHURCH ; and the 
gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And 
I will give unto thee [his disciples] the KEYS 
of the KINGDOM of HEAVEN. 

He turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee 
behind me, Satan: thou art an offense unto 
me : for thou savorest not the things that be 
of God, but those that be of men. . . . For 
whosoever will save his LIFE shall lose it : 
and whosoever will lose his LIFE for my sake 
shall find it. . . . Verily I say unto you, There 
be some standing here, which shall not taste of 
death, till they see the Son of man coming in 
his KINGDOM. 

At the same time came the disciples unto 
Jesus, saying. Who is the greatest in the 
KINGDOM of HEAVEN? . . . Whosoever 
therefore shall humble himself as this little 
child, the same is greatest in the KINGDOM 
of HEAVEN. 

It is better for thee to enter into LIFE halt 
or maimed, rather than having two hands or 



138 KINGDOM OF HE A VEN. 

two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. . . . 
It is better to enter into LIFE with one eye, 
rather than having two eyes to be cast into 
hell fire. 

The Son of man is come to save that which 
was lost. . . . Even so it is not the will of 
your FATHER which is in HEAVEN, that 
one of these little ones should perish. 

Therefore is the KINGDOM of HEAVEN 
likened unto a certain king, which would take 
account of his servants. 

So likewise shall my HEAVENLY FA- 
THER do also unto you, if ye from your hearts 
forgive not every one his brother their tres- 
passes. 

And he answered and said unto them, Have 
ye not read, That he which made them at the 
beginning made them male and female, and 
said, For this cause shall a man leave father 
and mother ; . . . and they twain shall be one 
flesh? . . . But he said unto them. All men can- 
not receive this saying, save they to whom it 
is given, . . . for the kingdom of heaven's sake. 



KINGDOM OF HE A VEN. 139 

He that is able to receive it, let him re- 
ceive it. 

Then were there brought unto him little chil- 
dren, that he should put his hands on them, and 
pray : . . . Jesus said. Suffer little children, and 
forbid them not, to come unto me : for of such 
is the KINGDOM of HEAVEN. And he 
laid his hands on them, and departed thence. 

And behold, one came and said unto him, 
Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that 
I may have eternal LIFE ? And he said unto 
him, Why callest thou me good ? there is none 
good but one, that is, God : but if thou wilt 
enter into LIFE, keep the commandments. 
. . . The young man saith unto him. All these 
things have I kept from my youth up : what 
lack I yet ? Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt 
be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give 
to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in 
heaven : and come and follow me. 

Then said Jesus unto his disciples. Verily I 
say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly 
enter into the KINGDOM of HEAVEN. . . . 



I40 KINGDOM OF HEA VEN, 

But with God all things are possible. . . . And 
every one that hath forsaken houses, or breth- 
ren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or 
children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall 
receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit ever- 
lasting LIFE. 

The KINGDOM of HEAVEN is like unto 
a man that is a householder, which went out 
early in the morning to hire laborers into his 
vineyard. And when he had agreed with the 
laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into 
his vineyard. 

And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, . . . then 
came to him the mother of Zebedee's children. 
. . . And he said unto her, What wilt thou ? 
She saith unto him, Grant that these my two 
sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and 
the other on the left, in THY KINGDOM. 
But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not 
what ye ask. ... To sit on my right hand, and 
on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be 
given to them for whom it is prepared of my 
Father. . . . Even as the Son of man came not 



HOSANNAS TO THE CHRIST. 141 

to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to 
give his LIFE a ransom for many. 

And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, 
and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount 
of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying 
unto them. Go into the village over against 
you, and straightWAY ye shall find an ass 
tied, and a colt with her : loose them, and 
bring them unto me. . . . That it might be 
fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, 
saying, Tell ye the daugter of Sion, Behold, 
thy KING Cometh unto thee, meek, and sit- 
ting upon an ass, . . . the foal of an ass. . . . 
And the multitudes that went before, and that 
followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the SON 
of DAVID : Blessed is he that cometh in the 
name of the Lord ; Hosanna in the highest. 
. . . And when he was come into Jerusalem, 
. . . the multitude said, This is JESUS the 
prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. 

And Jesus went into the temple of God. . . . 
And the blind and the lame came to him in 
the temple ; and he healed them. . . . And the 



142 POWER OF PRAYER. 

children crying in the temple, and saying, Ho- 
sanna to the Son of David. 

And he left them, and went out of the city 
into Bethany ; and he lodged there. Now in 
the morning, as he returned into the city, he 
hungered. And when he saw a fig-tree in the 
WAY, he came to it, and found nothing there- 
on, but leaves only. . . . Jesus answered and 
said, . . . If ye have faith, and doubt not, . . . 
all things WHATSOEVER ye shall ask in 
prayer, believing, ye shall receive. 

And when he was come into the temple, 
the chief priests and the elders of the people 
came unto him as he was teaching, and said, 
By what authority doest thou these things? 
and who gave thee this authority? Jesus an- 
swered and said unto them, I also will ask you 
one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise 
will tell you by what authority I do these 
things. The baptism of John, whence was it? 
from heaven, or of men ? And they reasoned 
with themselves, saying, If we shall say. From 
heaven. . . . And they answered Jesus, and 



KINGDOM OF GOD, 143 

said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, 
Neither tell I you by what authority I do these 
things. 

But what think ye ? A certain man had two 
sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, 
go work to-day in my vineyard. He answered 
and said, I will not ; but afterward he repented, 
and went. And he came to the second, and said 
likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir; 
and went not. Whether of them twain did 
the will of his father ? They say unto him. 
The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say 
unto you. That the publicans and the harlots 
go into the KINGDOM of GOD before you. 

For John came unto you in the WAY of 
righteousness, and ye believed him not ; but 
the publicans and the harlots believed him. 

Hear another parable : There was a certain 
householder, which planted a vineyard, . . . 
and let it out to husbandmen. . . . And when 
the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his 
servants to the husbandmen, that they might 
receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen 



144 KINGDOM OF HE A VEN. 

. . . beat one, and killed another, and stoned 
another. . . . But last of all he sent unto them 
his son, saying. They will reverence my son. 
. . , And they caught him, and cast him out 
of the vineyard, and slew him. 

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in 
the Scriptures, The stone which the builders re- 
jected, the same is become the head of the cor- 
ner : this is the Lord's doing, and is marvelous in 
our eyes? Therefore say I unto you, The KING- 
DOM of GOD shall be taken from you, and 
given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. 

And Jesus . . . spake unto them again by 
parables, and said, The KINGDOM of HEAV- 
EN is like unto a certain king, which made a 
marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants 
to call those that were bidden to the wedding : 
and they would not come. . . . Then saith he 
to his servants. The wedding is ready, but they 
which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye 
therefore into the HIGHWAYS, and as many 
as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. . . . And 
the wedding was furnished with guests. 



THE LIVING CHRIST. 145 

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel, 
how they might entangle him in his talk. . . . 
But Jesus perceived their wickedness, . . . and 
said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the 
SCRIPTURES, nor the power of God. For 
in the resurrection they neither marry, or are 
given in marriage, but are as the angels of 
GOD in HEAVEN. But as touching the 
resurrection of the dead, have ye not read 
that which was spoken unto you by God, say- 
ing, I am the God of Abraham, and the God 
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? God is not 
the God of the dead, but of the LIVING. 
And when the multitude heard this, they were 
astonished at his doctrine. 

But when the Pharisees had heard that he 
had put the Sadducees to silence, they were 
gathered together. Then one of them, which 
was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting 
him, and saying. Master, which is the great com- 
mandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, 
Thou shalt LOVE the Lord thy God with all 

thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy 
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146 THE GREAT COMMANDMENT. 

mind. This is the first and great commandment. 
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt LOVE 
thy neighbor as thyself. On these two com- 
mandments hang all the law and the prophets. 

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, 
hypocrites ! for ye shut up the KINGDOM 
of HEAVEN against men. 

Wherefore, behold, I send unto you proph- 
ets, and wise men, and scribes : and some of 
them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of 
them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and 
persecute them from city to city. . . . For I 
say unto you. Ye shall not see me henceforth, 
till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in 
the NAME of the Lord. 

And this gospel of the KINGDOM shall be 
preached in all the world for a witness unto all 
nations ; and then shall the end come. 

And then shall appear the sign of the Son 
of man . . . coming in the clouds of HEAVEN 
with power and great glory. And he shall 
send his angels with a great sound of a trum- 
pet. See Psa. 103. 20-22. 



THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH, 147 

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my 
WORDS shall not pass away. 

But of that day and hour knoweth no man, 
no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father 
only. 

Watch therefore ; for ye know not what hour 
your Lord doth come. 

Therefore be ye also ready. . . . Blessed is 
that servant, whom his lord when he cometh 
shall find so doing. 

Then shall the KINGDOM of HEAVEN 
be likened unto ten virgins, which took their 
lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 
And five of them were wise, and five were fool- 
ish. They that were foolish took their lamps, 
and took no oil with them : but the wise took 
oil in their vessels with their lamps. . . . At 
midnight there was a cry made. Behold, the 
bridegroom cometh ; go ye out to meet him. 
Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their 
lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, 
Give us of your oil ; for our lamps are gone 
out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so ; 



148 KIXG OF KIXGS. 

lest there be not enough for us and you : but 
go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for 
yourselves. And while they went to buy, the 
bridegroom came ; and thev that were readv, 
went in with him to the marriage : and the 
DOOR was shut. 

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man trav- 
eling into a far country, who called his own 
servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 
x\nd unto one he gave five talents, to another 
two, and to another one ; to ever\' man accord- 
ing to his several ability : and STRAIGHT- 
WAY took his journey. . . . After a long 
time the lord of those servants cometh, and 
reckoneth with them. 

When the SON of man shall come in his 
glory, and all the holy angels with him, then 
shall he sit upon the throne of his glory : and 
before him shall be gathered all nations : and 
he shall separate them one from another, as a 
shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats. 
. . . Then shall the KING say unto them 
on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my 



ETERNAL LIFE. 149 

FATHER, inherit the KINGDOM prepared 
for you from the foundation of the world. . . . 
And the KING shall answer and say unto 
them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye 
have done it unto one of the least of these my 
brethren, ye have done it unto me. . . . The 
righteous into LIFE ETERNAL. 

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished 
all these sayings, he said unto his disciples. Ye 
know that after two days is the feast of the 
passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to 
be crucified. 

When Jesus was in Bethany, in the house 
of Simon the leper, there came unto him a 
woman having an alabaster box of very pre- 
cious ointment, and poured it on his head, as 
he sat at meat. But when his disciples saw it, 
they had indignation, saying. To what purpose 
is this waste? For this ointment might have 
been sold for much, and given to the poor. 
When Jesus understood it, he said unto them. 
Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath 
wrought a GOOD work upon me. For ye 



ISO THE LAST SUPPER. 

have the poor always with you ; but me ye 
have not always. For in that she hath poured 
this ointment on my body, she did it for my 
burial. Verily I say unto you, WHERESO- 
EVER this GOSPEL shall be preached in the 
whole world, there shall also this, that this 
woman hath done, be told for a MEMORIAL 
of her. 

The Master saith. My time is at hand ; I 
will keep the passover . . . with my disciples. 
Now when the even was come, he sat down 
with the twelve. 

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, 
and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the 
disciples, and said. Take, eat ; this is my body. 
And he took the cup,, and gave thanks, and 
gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for 
this is my blood of the NEW TESTAMENT, 
which is shed for many for the remission of 
sins. But I say unto you, I will not drink 
henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that 
day when I drink it new with you in my FA- 
THERMS KINGDOM. And when they had 



CHRIST'S AGONY, 151 

sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of 
Olives. 

Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place 
called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disci- 
ples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 
. . . And he went a little further, and fell on 
his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if 
it be possible, let this cup pass from me : nev- 
ertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. . . . 
He went away again the second time, and 
prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may 
not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy 
will be done. . . . And he . . . went away 
again, and prayed the third time, saying the 
same words. Then cometh he to his disciples, 
and saith unto them, . . . Rise, let us be 
going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray 
me. . . . Now he that betrayed him gave a 
sign. . . , And forthwith he came to Jesus, 
. . . and kissed him. And Jesus said unto 
him. Friend, wherefore are thou come? . . . 
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my 
Father, and he shall presently give me more 



152 THE CHRIST, 

than twelve legions of ANGELS? ... In that 
same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are 
ye come out as against a thief with swords and 
staves for to take me ? I sat daily with you teach- 
ing in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. 

And they . . . led him away to Caiaphas 
the high-priest. . . . The high-priest arose, 
and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing ? 
. . . But Jesus held his peace. And the high- 
priest answered and said unto him, I adjure 
thee by the LIVING GOD, that thou tell us 
whether thou be THE CHRIST, the Son of 
God. Jesus saith unto him. Thou hast said : 
nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall 
ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand 
of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 

When the morning was come, all the chief 
priests and elders of the people took counsel 
against Jesus to put him to death. . . . And 
Jesus stood before the governor : and the gov- 
ernor asked him, saying. Art thou the King of 
the Jews? And Jesus said unto him. Thou 
sayest. And when he was accused of the chief 



THE CROWN OF THORNS, 153 

priests and elders, he answered nothing. Then 
said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how- 
many things they witness against thee ? . . . 
And he answered him never a word. 

At that feast the governor was wont to re- 
lease unto the people a prisoner, whom they 
would. . . . Pilate said unto them, Whom will 
ye that I release unto you ? Barabbas, or Je- 
sus which is called Christ ? For he knew that 
for envy they had delivered him. 

When he was set down on the judgment- 
seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou 
nothing to do with that just man : for I have 
suffered many things this day in a dream be- 
cause of him. 

When Pilate saw that he could prevail noth- 
ing, but that rather a tumult was made, he 
took water, and washed his hands before the 
multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood 
of this just person : see ye to it. 

And when they had platted a crown of 
thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed 
in his right hand : . . . and led him away to 



154 THE CRUCIFIXION, 

crucify him. And as they came out, they 
found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name : him 
they compelled to bear his cross. . . . When 
they were come unto a place called Golgotha, 
. . . they gave him vinegar to drink mingled 
with gall : and when he had tasted thereof, he 
would not drink. 

And they crucified him. . . . And set up 
over his head his accusation written, This is 
Jesus the King of the Jews. Then were there 
two thieves crucified with him. 

Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud 
voice, yielded up the GUEST. And, behold, 
the vail of the temple was rent in twain from 
the top to the bottom ; and the earth did 
quake, and the rocks rent. 

And when Joseph had taken the body, he 
wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in 
his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in 
the rock : and rolled a great stone to the door 
of the sepulcher, and departed. And there 
was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, 
sitting over against the sepulcher. 



THE RESURRECTION, 155 

As it began to dawn toward the first day of 
the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other 
Mary to see the sepulcher. And, behold, there 
was a great earthquake : for the ANGEL of 
the Lord descended from HEAVEN, and 
came and rolled back the stone from the 
DOOR, and sat upon it. His countenance 
was like lightning, and his raiment white as 
snow : and for fear of him the keepers did 
shake, and became as dead men. . . . And the 
graves were opened ; and many bodies of the 
saints which slept arose, and came out of the 
graves after his resurrection, and went into the 
holy city, and appeared unto many. . . . And the 
ANGEL answered and said unto the women, 
Fear not ye : for I know that ye seek Jesus, 
which was crucified. He is not here : for he 
is RISEN, as he said. Come, see the place 
where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell 
his disciples that he is risen from the dead ; 
and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee ; 
there shall ye see him : lo, I have told you. 
And they departed quickly from the sepulcher 



156 THE GREAT COMMISSION, 

with fear and great joy ; and did run to bring 
his disciples word. 

And as they went to tell his disciples, be- 
hold, Jesus met them, saying, AH hail ! And 
they came and held him by the feet, and wor- 
shiped him. Then said Jesus unto them, Be 
not afraid : go tell my brethren that they go 
into Galilee, and there shall they see me. 

Then the eleven disciples went away into 
Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had ap- 
pointed them. And when they saw him, they 
worshiped him : but some doubted. And Je- 
sus came and spake unto them, saying. All 
POWER is given unto ME in HEAVEN and 
in EARTH. 

Go ye therefore, and TEACH all nations, 
baptizing them in the NAME of the FA- 
THER, and of the SON, and of the HOLY 
GUEST : TEACHING them to observe all 
things WHATSOEVER I have commanded 
you : and, lo, I AM with you alway, even unto 
the end of the world. Amen. 



BIRTH OF CHRIST, 157 

PREFATORY BY LUKE. 

FORASMUCH as many have taken in 
hand to set forth in order a declaration of 
those things which are most surely believed 
among us, even as they delivered them unto 
us, which from the beginning were eye-wit- 
nesses, and ministers of the word ; it seemed 
good to me also, having had perfect under- 
standing of all things from the very first, to 
write unto thee in order, most excellent The- 
ophilus, that thou mightest know the certainty 
of those things, wherein thou hast been in- 
structed. 

The angel Gabriel was sent from God unto 
a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin 
espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of 
the house of David ; and the virgin's name 
was Mary. And the ANGEL came in unto 
her, and said. Hail, thou that art highly fa- 
vored, the Lord is with thee : blessed art thou 
among women. And when she saw him, she 
was troubled at his saying. . . . And the 
ANGEL said unto her. Fear not, Mary: for 



158 THE ANNUNCIATION-. 

thou hast found favor with God. And, be- 
hold, thou shalt conceive, . . . and bring forth 
a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. . . . And 
shall be called the Son of the Highest; . . . 
and of his KINGDOM there shall be no end. 

Then said Mary unto the ANGEL, How shall 
this be? . . . And the ANGEL answered and 
said unto her, The HOLY GUEST shall 
come upon thee, and the POWER of the 
Highest shall overshadow thee : therefore also 
that holy thing which shall be born of thee 
shall be called the SON of GOD. ... For 
with God nothing shall be impossible. 

And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of 
the Lord ; be it unto me according to THY 
WORD. 

And Mary said, My SOUL doth magnify 
the Lord, and my SPIRIT hath rejoiced in 
GOD my SAVIOUR. 

For he hath regarded the low estate of his 
handmaiden : for, behold, from henceforth all 
generations shall call me blessed. [Blessed 
motherhood.] 



THE MAGNIFICAT. 159 

For HE that is mighty hath done to me 
great things; and holy is his NAME. 

As HE spake to our fathers, to Abraham, 
and to his seed forever. 

And it came to pass in those days, . . . that 
all the world should be taxed. 

Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the 
city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of 
David, which is called Bethlehem, (because he 
was of the house and lineage of David,) to be 
taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great 
with child. 

And so it was, that, while they were there, 
the days were accomplished that she should be 
delivered. And she brought forth her first- 
born son, . . . and laid him in a manger ; be- 
cause there was no room for them in the inn. 

And there were in the same country shep- 
herds abiding in the field, keeping watch over 
their flock by night. 

And, lo, the ANGEL of the Lord came upon 
them, and the glory of the Lord shone round 
about them ; and they were sore afraid. 



l6o GLORIA IN EXCEL SIS. 

And the ANGEL said unto them, Fear not : 
for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great 
joy, which shall be to all people. 

For unto you is born this day in the city of 
David a SAVIOUR, which is CHRIST the 
LORD. 

And suddenly there was with the ANGEL 
a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, 
and saying, GLORY to GOD in the highest, 
and on earth PEACE, GOOD-will toward men. 

And when eight days were accomplished for 
the circumcising of the child, his name was 
called JESUS, which was so named of the 
ANGEL. 

And when the days of her purification ac- 
cording to the law of Moses were accom- 
plished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to 
present him to the LORD. 

And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, 
whose name was Simeon ; and the same man 
was just and devout, waiting for the consola- 
tion of Israel: and the HOLY GUEST was 
upon him. 



LIGHT TO THE GENTILES. i6l 

And it was revealed unto him by the HOLY 
GUEST, that he should not see death, before 
he had seen the LORD'S CHRIST. And he 
came by the SPIRIT into the temple: and 
when the parents brought in the child JESUS, 
to do for him after the custom of the law, then 
took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, 
and said. Lord, now lettest thou thy servant 
depart in PEACE, according to thy WORD : 
for mine eyes have seen THY salvation, which 
THOU hast prepared before the face of all 
people ; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and 
the glory of thy people Israel. 

And Simeon blessed them, and said unto 
Mary his mother. Behold, this CHILD is set 
for the fall and rising again of many in Israel ; 
and for a sign which shall be spoken against ; 
(yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul 
also ;) that the thoughts of many hearts may 
be revealed. 

And there was one Anna, a prophetess. . . . 

And she coming in that instant gave thanks 

likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to 
11 



1 62 THE YOUTHHOOD OF CHRIST, 

all them that looked for redemption in Jeru- 
salem. 

And the child grew, and waxed strong in 
SPIRIT, filled with wisdom ; and the grace of 
GOD was upon him. 

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every 
year at the feast of the passover. 

And when he was twelve years old, they 
went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the 
feast. 

And when they had fulfilled the days, as 
they returned, the child JESUS tarried behind 
in Jerusalem ; and Joseph and his mother knew 
not of it. . . . And when they found him not, 
they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking 
him. 

And it came to pass, that after three days 
they found him in the temple, sitting in the 
midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and 
asking them questions. 

And when they saw him, they were amazed : 
and his mother said unto him, SON, why hast 
thou thus dealt with us ? 



BAPTISM OF CHRIST. 163 

And he said unto them, How is it that ye 
sought me ? wist ye not that I must be about 
my FATHER'S business ? 

And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, 
and in favor with God and man. 

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Ti- 
berius Caesar, . . . the word of God came unto 
John the son of Zacharias. . . . And he came 
into all the country about Jordan, preaching 
the baptism of repentance for the remission of 
sins. 

And as the people were in expectation, and 
all men mused in their hearts of John, whether 
he were the Christ, or not ; John answered 
saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you 
with water ; but one mightier than I cometh, 
the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to 
unloose: he shall baptize you with the HOLY 
GUEST and with fire. 

Now when all the people were baptized, it 
came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, 
and praying, the heaven was opened, and the 
HOLY GUEST descended in a bodily shape 



1 64 JESUS, THIRTY YEARS OLD, 

like a dove upon him, and a voice came from 
heaven, which said, thou art my beloved SON ; 
in thee I am well pleased. 

And Jesus himself began to be about thirty- 
years of age, being (as was supposed) the son 
of Joseph, . . . which was the son of David, . . . 
which was the son of Abraham, . . . which was 
the son of Noe, . . . which was the son of 
Adam, which was the son of God. 

And Jesus being full of the HOLY GUEST 
returned from Jordan, and was led by the 
SPIRIT into the wilderness. 

And Jesus returned in the power of the 
SPIRIT into Galilee. . . . And he taught in 
their synagogues, being glorified of all. 

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been 
brought up : and, as his custom was, he went 
into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and 
stood up for to read. And there was delivered 
unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And 
when he had opened the book, he found the 
place where it was written. The SPIRIT of 
the LORD is upon me, because he hath 



KINGDOM OF GOD. 165 

anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor ; 
he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to 
preach deliverance to the captives, and recov- 
ering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty 
them that are bruised, to preach the accepta- 
ble year of the Lord. 

And he closed the book, and he gave it 
again to the minister, and sat down. And the 
eyes of all them that were in the synagogue 
were fastened on him. 

And he began to say unto them, This day is 
this SCRIPTURE fulfilled in your ears. 

After that John was put in prison, Jesus came 
into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the KING- 
DOM of GOD, and saying, The time is fulfilled, 
and the KINGDOM of GOD is at hand : re- 
pent ye, and believe the gospel. —Mark 1. 14, 15. 

And he said, I must preach the KINGDOM 
of GOD in other cities also ; for therefore am 
I sent. 

The Son of man came not to be ministered 
unto, but to minister, and to give his LIFE a 
ransom for many. —Mark 10. 45. 



1 66 ETERNAL LIFE, 

And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say 
unto you, There is no man that hath left house, 
or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or 
wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the 
gospel's, but he shall receive a hundredfold 
now in this time, houses, and brethren, and 
sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, 
with persecutions ; and in the world to come 
ETERNAL LIFE. -Mark lo. 29, 30. 

And Jesus said unto him. Let the dead bury 
their dead : but go thou and preach the KING- 
DOM of GOD, ... No man having put his 
hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for 
the KINGDOM of GOD. -Lukeg. 60-62. 

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and 
tempted him, saying. Master, what shall I do 
to inherit ETERNAL LIFE? He said unto 
him. What is written in the law? how readest 
thou ? And he answering said. Thou shalt 
love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and 
with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, 
and with all thy mind ; and thy neighbor 
as thyself. And Jesus said unto him. Thou 



LIFE EVERLASTING. 167 

hast answered right : this do, and thou shalt 

LIVE. —Luke 10. 25-28. 

Jesus said, Take no thought for your LIFE, 
what ye shall eat ; . . . The LIFE is more 
than meat. —Luke 12. 22, 23. 

A man's LIFE consisteth not in the abun- 
dance of the things which he possesseth. 

— Luke 12. 15. 

Fear not, little flock ; for it is your FA- 
THER'S good pleasure to give you the 
KINGDOM. -Luke 12. 32. 

And when Jesus was demanded of the Phari- 
sees, when the KINGDOM of GOD should 
come, he answered them and said, The KING- 
DOM of GOD cometh not with observation: 
neither shall they say, Lo here ! or, lo there ! for, 
behold, the KINGDOM of GOD is within you. 

—Luke 17. 20, 21. 

Verily I say unto you. There is no man that 
hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, 
or children, for the KINGDOM of GOD'S 
sake, who shall not receive manifold more in 
this present time, and in the world to come 
LIFE EVERLASTING. -Luke 18. 29, 30. 



1 68 KINGDOM OF GOD, 

For he is not a God of the dead, but of the 
LIVING: for all LIVE unto him.-Luke20.38. 

Then shall ye see the Son of man coming in 
a cloud with power and great glory. . . . When 
ye shall see these things come to pass, know 
ye that the KINGDOM of GOD is nigh at 

hand. —Luke 21. 27-31. 

And when the hour was come, Jesus sat 
down, and his twelve apostles with him. And 
he said unto them. With desire I have desired 
to eat this passover with you before I suffer : 
for I say unto you, I will not any more eat 
thereof, until it be fulfilled in the KINGDOM 
of GOD. . . . For I say unto you, I will not 
drink of the fruit of the vine, until the KING- 
DOM of GOD shall come. —Luke 22. 14-18. 

Ye are they which have continued with me 
in my temptations. And I appoint unto you 
a KINGDOM, as my Father hath appointed 
unto me ; that ye may eat and drink at my 
table in my KINGDOM. -Luke 22. 28-30. 

In him was LIFE; and the LIFE was the 
light of men. -John i. 4. 



EVERLASTING LIFE. 169 

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto 
thee, Except a man be born of water and of 
the Spirit, he cannot enter into the KINGDOM 

of GOD. -Johns. 5. 

That whosoever believeth in him should not 
perish, but have ETERNAL LIFE. For God 
so loved the world, that he gave his only be- 
gotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him 
should not perish, but have EVERLASTING 

LIFE. —John 3. 15, 16. 

He that believeth on the Son hath EVER- 
LASTING LIFE. -John 3. 36. 

Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall 
give him shall never thirst ; but the water that 
I shall give him shall be in him a well of water 
springing up into EVERLASTING LIFE. 

—John 4. 14. 

Lift Up your eyes, and look on the fields ; 
for they are white already to harvest. And he 
that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth 
fruit unto LIFE ETERNAL. -John 4. 35, 36. 

Jesus said, He that heareth my word, and 
believeth on him that sent me, hath EVER- 



I70 ETERNAL LIFE. 

LASTING LIFE, and shall not come into 
condemnation ; but is passed from death unto 
LIFE. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The 
hour is coming, and now is, when the dead 
shall hear the voice of the Son of God : and 
they that hear shall LIVE. For as the Fa- 
ther hath LIFE in himself; so hath he given to 
the Son to have LIFE in himself. 

—John 5. 24-26. 

Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, 
in the which all that are in the graves shall hear 
his voice, and shall come forth ; they that 
have done good, unto the resurrection of LIFE. 

—John 5, 28-29. 

Search the Scriptures ; for in them ye think 
ye have ETERNAL LIFE : and they are they 
which testify of me. —John 5. 39. 

Labor not for the meat which perisheth, 
but for that meat which endureth unto EVER- 
LASTING LIFE, which the Son of man shall 
give unto you : for him hath God the Father 

sealed. —John 6. 27. 

Jesus said unto them, . . . The bread of God 



EVERLASTING LIFE. 17 1 

is he which cometh down from HEAVEN, and 
giveth LIFE unto the world. ... I AM the 
bread of LIFE. -john 6. 32-35. 

And this is the will of him that sent me, that 
every one which seeth the Son, and believeth 
on him, may have EVERLASTING LIFE: 
and I will raise him up at the last day. 

—John 6. 40. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you. He that be- 
lieveth on me hath EVERLASTING LIFE. 
I AM the bread of LIFE. —John 6. 47, 48. 

I am the LIVING bread which came down 
from HEAVEN : if any man eat of this bread, 
he shall LIVE forever : and the bread that I 
will give is my flesh, which I will give for the 
LIFE of the world. . . . Jesus said unto them, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat 
the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, 
ye have no LIFE in you. Whoso eateth my 
flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath ETERNAL 
LIFE [partaketh of his twofold nature]. . . . 
As the LIVING FATHER hath sent me, and 



172 ETERNAL LIFE. 

I LIVE by the FATHER ; so he that eateth 
me [partaketh], even he shall LIVE by me. 

—John 6. 51-57- 

It is the spirit that quickeneth ; the flesh 
profiteth nothing: the words that I speak 
unto you, they are SPIRIT, and they are 

LIFE. -John 6. 63. 

Jesus said unto the twelve, Will ye also go 
away? Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to 
whom shall we go ? thou hast the words of 
ETERNAL LIFE. -John e. 67, es. 

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I 
AM the light of the world : he that followeth 
me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have 
the LIGHT of LIFE. -John 8. «. 

As the Father knoweth me, even so know I 
the Father: and I lay down my LIFE for the 
sheep. . . . Therefore doth my Father love me, 
because I lay down my LIFE, that I might 
take it again. . . . And I give unto them 
ETERNAL LIFE; and they shall never 

perish. -John 10. 15-28. 



THE LIFE, 173 

Jesus said unto her [Martha], I am the RES- 
URRECTION, and the LIFE : he that believ- 
eth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he 
LIVE : and whosoever LIVETH and believ- 
eth in me shall never die. —John n. 25, 26. 

And I know that his commandment is LIFE 
EVERLASTING. -John 12. 50. 

Greater love hath no man than this, that a 
man lay down his LIFE for his friends. 

—John 15. 13. 

And this is LIFE ETERNAL, that they 
might know thee the only true God, and Jesus 
Christ, whom thou hast sent. —John 17. 3. 

Jesus answered, My KINGDOM is not of 
this world : if my KINGDOM were of this 
world, then would my servants fight, that I 
should not be delivered to the Jews : but now 
is my KINGDOM not from hence. 

—John 18. 36. 

And many other signs truly did Jesus in the 
presence of his disciples, which are not written 
in this book : but these are written, that ye 
might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son 



174 PFAVS OF LIFE. 

of God ; and that believing ye might have LIFE 
through HIS NAME. -John 20. 30, 31. 

ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 

Unto the apostles whom he had chosen : 
to whom also he showed himself ALIVE after 
his passion by many infallible proofs, being 
seen of them forty days, and speaking of 
the things pertaining to the KINGDOM of 
GOD. 

When they therefore were come together, 
they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou 
at this time restore again the kingdom of 
Israel ? 

Thou hast made known to me the WAYS of 
LIFE ; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy 
countenance. 

And they laid hands on the apostles, and put 
them in the common prison. But the angel of 
the Lord by night opened the prison doors, 
and brought them forth, and said, Go, stand 
and speak in the temple to the people all the 
words of this LIFE. 

In his humiliation his judgment was taken 



ETERNAL LIFE. 175 

away: and who shall declare his generation? 
for his LIFE is taken from the earth. 

—Acts 8. 33. 

And when they heard these things, they held 
their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then 
hath God also to the Gentiles granted repent- 
ance unto LIFE. —Acts II. 18. 

And when the Gentiles heard this, they were 
glad, and glorified the word of the Lord : and 
as many as were ordained to ETERNAL 
LIFE believed. -Acts 13. 48. 

And when they had preached the gospel to 
that city, . . . confirming the souls of the dis- 
ciples, and exhorting them to continue in the 
faith, and that they must through much tribu- 
lation enter into the KINGDOM of GOD. 

— Acts 14. 21, 22. 

God that made the world and all things 
therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and 
earth, dwelleth not in temples made with 
hands ; neither is worshiped with men's hands, 
as though he needed ^ny thing, seeing he giveth 
to all LIFE, and breath, and all things ; ... for 



176 LIFE. 

in him we LIVE, and move, and have our 
being, —Acts 17. 24-28. 

None of these things move me [Paul], 
neither count I my LIFE dear unto myself, so 
that I might finish my course with joy, and the 
ministry, which I have received of the Lord 
Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. 

—Acts 20. 24. 

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer : 
for there shall be no loss of any man's LIFE 
among you, but of the ship. For there stood 
by me this night the ANGEL of God, whose I 
am, and whom I serve, saying, Fear not, Paul. 

—Acts 27. 22, 23. 

PAUL TO THE ROMANS 

For therein is the righteousness of God re- 
vealed from faith to faith ; as it is written, the 
just shall LIVE by faith. 

To them who by patient continuance in well- 
doing seek for glory and honor and IMMOR- 
TALITY, ETERNAL LIFE. 

For if, when we were enemies, we were rec- 
onciled to God by the death of his Son : much 



ETERNAL LIFE, 177 

more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by 
his LIFE. For if by one man's offense death 
reigned by one ; much more they which re- 
ceive abundance of grace and of the gift of 
righteousness shall reign in LIFE by one, 
JESUS CHRIST. Therefore, as by the offense 
of one judgment came upon all men to condem- 
nation ; even so by the righteousness of one 
the free gift came upon all men unto justifica- 
tion of LIFE. That as sin hath reigned un- 
to death, even so might grace reign through 
righteousness unto ETERNAL LIFE by 
JESUS CHRIST our LORD. How shall we, 
that are dead to sin, LIVE any longer therein ? 
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism 
into death : that like as Christ was raised from 
the dead by the glory of the FATHER, even 
so we also should walk in newness of LIFE. 
Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe 
that we shall also LIVE with him : for in 
that he died, he died unto sin once ; but in 
that he LIVETH, he LIVETH unto God. 

Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead 
12 



1 78 ETERNAL LIFE. 

indeed unto sin, but ALIVE unto God through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. . . . Yield yourselves 
unto God, as those that are ALIVE from the 
dead. For the wages of sin is death ; but the 
gift of God is ETERNAL LIFE through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. For the law of the 
Spirit of LIFE in Christ Jesus hath made me 
free from the law of sin and death. For to be 
carnally minded is death ; but to be spiritually 
minded is LIFE and peace. And if Christ be 
in you, the body is dead because of sin ; but 
the Spirit is LIFE because of righteousness. 

For I am persuaded that neither death, nor 
LIFE, nor angels, nor principalities, nor 
powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 
nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, 
shall be able to separate us from the love of 
God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. If it 
be possible, as much as lieth in you, LIVE 
peaceably with all men. For whether we 
LIVE, we LIVE unto the Lord ; or whether 
we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we 
LIVE therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. 



THE SPIRIT AND LIFE. 179 

PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS. 

If in this LIFE only we have hope in Christ, 
we are of all men most miserable. 

For as in Adam all die^ even so in Christ 
shall all be made ALIVE. 

Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to 
be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, 
written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the 
LIVING GOD . . . who also hath made us able 
ministers of the New Testament, not of the 
letter, but of the SPIRIT: for the letter kill- 
eth, but the SPIRIT giveth LIFE. For we 
that are in this tabernacle do groan, being 
burdened ; not that we would be unclothed, 
but be clothed upon that mortality might be 
swallowed up of LIFE. Finally, brethren, fare- 
well. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of 
one mind, LIVE in peace: and the God of 
LOVE and peace shall be with you. Amen. 

PAUL TO THE GALATIANS. 

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I 
LIVE ; yet not I, but Christ LIVETH in me : 
and the LIFE which I now LIVE in the flesh 



l8o LIFE EVERLASTING. 

I LIVE by the faith of the Son of God, who 
loved me, and gave himself for m.e. But that 
no man is justified by the law in the sight of 
God: for the just shall LIVE by faith. . . . 
He that soweth of the Spirit shall of the Spirit 
reap LIFE EVERLASTING. 

PAUL TO THE PHILIPPIANS. 

For me to LIVE is Christ, and to die is gain. 

Holding forth the word of LIFE; that I 
may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have 
not run in vain, neither labored in vain. . . . 
with other my fellow laborers, whose names 
are in the BOOK of LIFE. 

PAUL TO THE COLOSSIANS. 

Set your affection on things above, not on 
things on the earth. For ye are dead, and 
your life is hid with Christ in God. When 
Christ, who is our LIFE, shall appear, then 
shall ye also appear with him in glory. 

PAUL TO TIMOTHY. 

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on 
ETERNAL LIFE . . . Charge them that are 



IMMORTALITY. l8l 

rich in this world, that they be not high- 
minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in 
the LIVING GOD, who giveth us richly all 
things to enjoy; that they do good, that they 
be rich in good works, ready to distribute, 
willing to communicate ; laying up in store for 
themselves a good foundation against the 
time to come, that they may lay hold on 
ETERNAL LIFE. 

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will 
of God, according to the promise of LIFE 
which is in Christ Jesus. 

But is now made manifest by the appearing 
of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abol- 
ished death, and hath brought LIFE and IM- 
MORTALITY to light in the Gospel. 

And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil 
work, and will preserve me unto his HEAV- 
ENLY KINGDOM, to whom be glory for ever 
and ever. Amen. 

PAUL TO TITUS. 

In hope of ETERNAL LIFE which God 
that cannot lie promised before the world began. 



1 82 ETERNAL LIFE. 

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and 
worldly lusts, we should LIVE soberly, right- 
eously, and godly in this present world. 

That being justified by his grace we should 
be naade heirs, according to the hope of ETER- 
NAL LIFE. 

EPISTLE OF JOHN. 

That which was from the beginning, which 
we have heard, which we have seen with our 
eyes, which we have looked upon, and our 
hands have handled of the WORD OF LIFE. 
For the LIFE was manifested, and we have 
seen it, and bear witness and show unto you 
that ETERNAL LIFE which was with the 
FATHER, and was manifested unto us. 

And this is the promise that he hath prom- 
ised us, even ETERNAL LIFE. 

We know that we have passed from death 
unto LIFE because we love the brethren. 

Hereby perceive we the love of God, be- 
cause he laid down his LIFE for us. 

And this is the record that God hath given 
to us ETERNAL LIFE, and this LIFE is 



ETERNAL LIFE, 183 

in his Son. He that hath the Son hath 
LIFE. 

These things have I written unto you that 
believe on the name of the Son of God ; that 
they may know that ye have ETERNAL 
LIFE, and that ye beHeve on the name of 
the Son of God. This is the true God and 
ETERNAL LIFE. 

EPISTLE OF JUDE. 

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking 
for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto 
ETERNAL LIFE. 

THE REVELATION OF JOHN. 

To him that overcometh will I give to eat 
of the TREE of LIFE, which is in the midst 
of the paradise of God. 

He that overcometh, the same shall be 
clothed in white raiment : and I will not blot 
out his name out of the BOOK of LIFE, 
but I will confess his name before my Father, 
and before his angels. 

And after three days and a half the SPIRIT 



1 84 THE BOOK OF LIFE. 

of LIFE from God entered into them, and 
they stood upon their feet : and great fear 
fell upon them which saw them. 

And he said, It is done ; I am Alpha and 
Omega, the beginning and the end. I will 
give unto him that is athirst of the fountain 
of LIFE freely. 

And another BOOK was opened, which is 
the BOOK of LIFE. 

And the city lieth four square. . . . And 
there shall in no wise enter into it any thing 
that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh 
abomination, or maketh a lie : but they which 
are written in the LAMB'S BOOK of LIFE. 

And he showed me a pure RIVER of 
LIFE, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the 
throne of God and of the Lamb. In the 
midst of the street of it, and on either side 
of the river, was there the TREE of LIFE 
which bear twelve manner of fruits, and yielded 
her fruit every month : and the leaves of the 
tree were for the healing of the nations. 

Blessed are they who do his commandments, 



CROWN OF LIFE, 



185 



that they may have right to the TREE of 
LIFE, and may enter in through the gates 
into the city. And whosoever will let him 
take of the WATER of LIFE freely. 

Be thou faithful until death, and I will give 
thee a CROWN of LIFE. Amen and amen. 






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